Example sentences of "[noun] occur before the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 With sentences like ( 2a ) and ( 2b ) in which clause boundary and information unit boundary coincided , monitoring latencies were slower when target words occurred after the clause boundary than when target words occurred before the clause boundary .
2 4.1 Unless otherwise stated in the Order , the price quoted includes delivery to the address specified in the Order , provided that the Seller reserves the right to make an additional charge to cover any increase in transport costs occurring before the date of delivery .
3 Differences among nadir pressures of transient UOS relaxations occurring before the onset of the common cavity , and the first , second , and third and subsequent transient UOS relaxations after the onset of the common cavity were analysed as a single factor experiment with adjustment for unequal sample size .
4 The KOX ZNF gene cluster duplication occurred before the divergence of human and great ape lineages
5 The court can therefore have regard to the totality of the delay between the date of accrual of the cause of action and the date of issue of the writ , notwithstanding s33(3) ( b ) and ( c ) and is likely to pay particular heed to the length of any delay in first notifying the defendant of the claim against him , even if such delay occurred before the expiry of the limitation period , ( Donovan v Gwentoys Ltd [ 1990 ] 1 WLR 472 ) .
6 Finally , as a preliminary issue , it is important to establish that actual or constructive knowledge of the relevant conditions occurred before the contract concerned came into existence .
7 The isolation of Oct-11 -like genes from Xenopus laevis ( 72 ) indicates that the separation of the class II genes occurred before the divergence of mammals and amphibians .
8 205. ( 1 ) ( ix ) Land includes … land of any tenure , and mines and minerals , whether or not held apart from the surface , buildings or parts of buildings ( whether the division is horizontal , vertical or made in any other way ) and other corporeal hereditaments ; also a manor , an advowson , and a rent and other incorporeal hereditament , and an easement , right , privilege , or benefit in , over , or derived from land ; but not an undivided share in land ; and " mines and minerals " include any strata or seam of minerals or substances in or under any land , and powers of working and getting the same but not an undivided share thereof ; and " manor " includes a lordship , and reputed manor or lordship ; and " hereditament " means any real property which on an intestacy occurring before the commencement of this Act might have devolved upon an heir …
9 Also , the event/state which is the cause occurs before the event/state which is the effect .
10 It would be natural to assume that this attempt to create a rift between Offa and the papacy occurred before the visit of the legates in 786 and that the visit was part of a process of reconciliation , but this is not wholly justified for Hadrian 's letter could date to the late rather than the mid-780s , and reflect hostility to one or more of a number of Offa 's actions .
11 Since they are not identical , this unexpected result suggests that citations by others occur before the majority of self-citations .
12 Although considered a useful lithological discriminator for tracing individual horizons during geological mapping , little systematic study of grain size characterization and measurement occurred before the end of the nineteenth century .
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