Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] before the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to me a matter of the highest possible importance that where a quasi-judicial function is being exercised , under such circumstances as it had to be exercised here , with the result of depriving people of their property , especially if it is done without compensation , the persons concerned should be satisfied that nothing unfair has been done in the matter , and that ex parte statements have not been heard before the decision has been given without any chance for the person concerned to refute those statements . |
| 2 | Although John Leland in the 1530s described a town apparently prosperous from the condition of its buildings , these may well have been erected before the decline set in . |
| 3 | The hypothesis that , for a pre-exposed stimulus , this association will already have been formed before the start of conditioning leads to the prediction that pre-exposure should facilitate inhibitory learning . |
| 4 | Because today 's mail had already been sorted before the dispute began , local residents and companies were able to pick up their post from the sorting office . |
| 5 | Only five clauses of the Football Spectators Bill had been considered before the guillotine was introduced . |
| 6 | But social services chairman Peter Maxwell said last week the decision had been made before the council drew up its policy on gay and lesbian foster parents . |
| 7 | Mr Prescott wanted to know why the order had been made before the Safety Authority was satisfied with the non-segregation procedure ; whether the design was ‘ open ended ’ and could be adapted to separate passengers from their cars ; and whether , by acting before getting firm permission from the authority , the order had been made entirely at Eurotunnel 's own risk . |
| 8 | If the proposal is acceptable supervisory arrangements are made before the candidate 's application is formally approved . |
| 9 | Those that are now appearing have been in the pipeline for at least two years , having been commissioned before the recession hit the publishing industry . |
| 10 | The market 's weakness was reinforced by continuing over-supply as crude which had been produced before the agreement reached the market place . |
| 11 | For a couple marrying in 1860 , the wife was 40 before she had had her last child , while in 1930 , the corresponding stage would have been reached before the wife was 30 . |
| 12 | The typeface , size and style are set before the text is flowed , as are the margins but any or all of these can be altered at any stage . |
| 13 | Furthermore , the notion that ethics and morals can be dismissed before the throne of evolution is fascistic . |
| 14 | A petition can not be withdrawn without the leave of the court ( s 266(2) ) and leave will not be given before the petition is heard ( r 6.32(3) ) . |
| 15 | Without such action by the judge , Intel would have to wait for the new 80287 trial to be completed before the company could file any appeal . |
| 16 | This period must be completed before the application is made and must be without a break . |
| 17 | They must be punished before the peace process can begin , he now says . |
| 18 | The landowners , who are developing the 3,000-home Grange Farm estate , say they were told that only 1,600 homes could be erected before the bypass was built . |
| 19 | Note however , that if you do not run VALIDATE frequently ( and are not using Offline ) , infrequently accessed files may not be checked before the tape with the last good copy has been re-used . |
| 20 | These tests provide reliable guidance in straightforward cases , but often there are additional factors varying with the circumstances which must be considered before the court will authorise a departure from the normal method of trial . |
| 21 | In Britain , at the end of 1989 , all new nuclear power development was halted and no new nuclear power development would be considered before the PWR became operational at Sizewell-B in 1994 . |
| 22 | In the case where the start of the first index track searched has to be located before the search begins , a single-track index will require an average search time of R , but each additional track will again only add R/2 . |
| 23 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
| 24 | All errors must be resolved before the information can be updated . |
| 25 | All errors must be resolved before the information can be updated . |
| 26 | All errors must be resolved before the information can be updated . |
| 27 | All violations are only reported ( not acted on by the system ) , but they must be resolved before the design can be " sealed " . |
| 28 | All errors must be resolved before the acceptance can proceed . |
| 29 | A formal appeal against marks can be investigated immediately results are published and , unless a module from the student 's final term is involved , can be resolved before the student is considered for an award by the MEC . |
| 30 | A wall that has been damp will often contain moisture for a long time after the cause has been remedied , so it is better to allow the walls to dry out naturally , although anti-damp paint could be used to allow the room to be decorated before the wall has dried out . |