Example sentences of "is before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brown , who went on a one-day course at T IS before coming back and installing the system at Morgan Grenfell , is now teaching colleagues to use it , including unit manager Karen Goate , ‘ Computers used to frighten me , but not now , ’ she says . |
| 2 | If the moment is before a lunch on the plane , it really ought to be a Bloody Mary . |
| 3 | It 's a rather special feeling to stretch out on the bank , with a cup of coffee warming chilled fingers , and to know six months of the season is before you . |
| 4 | At Gill Head , where Cartmel Fell looms huge to the south and the road is dark with overhanging trees , a hidden drive turns sharply towards the lake and suddenly one of the crown jewels of the Arts and Crafts Movement is before you . |
| 5 | There are , of course , civil and legal reasons for this , but it also serves the purpose of confirming to the person that their relative has actually died because they have seen it for themselves , the proof is before them . |
| 6 | The fitting of an overdrive does not alter the speedo reading as the ratio change is before the gearbox output shaft where the speedo drive is situated . |
| 7 | Primary prevention is before the moment of conception , when parents ‘ at risk ’ of giving birth to a mentally handicapped child can be advised of the risks . |
| 8 | ‘ An intensely interesting portion of the 25 shops that make up Wolverton Works is before me as I enter the wheel department , for here I have an opportunity of studying in detail the basis of the running of the modern railway-coach . |
| 9 | BY NOW Sir Frank Layfield QC will be well aware of the task that is before him . |
| 10 | That date is before the start of the Classic period about AD 300 and well before the marked population increase at the peak of the Maya Civilisation . |
| 11 | The trick in presenting aural demonstrations to an audience is to explain what they will hear , what they should listen for , and what its significance is before the demonstration and then to make a further comment afterwards . |
| 12 | Yet with a quiet , observant and empathetic mind we may begin to see what is before our eyes , before our mind , actually . |
| 13 | On this particular issue , the evidence of over 30 years ' research is before them and there is no lack of evidence to hide behind . |
| 14 | For example , if you are not mechanically inclined it makes sense to obtain the counsel of someone who is before buying a car . |
| 15 | It is before the House and out of the government 's hands except via the House . |
| 16 | We think a new era is before us . |
| 17 | If the overpayment is established after 1 June , reallocation will be from a Sch D first instalment to the Sch D second instalment ; if it is before 1 June , this reallocation will be effected only if that amount is less than £1,000 . |
| 18 | These form the start of a speech by the prophets and patriarchs in Hell , who appeal for an Ambassador — this is before Christ 's Advent — to bring them rescue from the deorc déabes sceadu , the ‘ dark shadow of death ’ . |
| 19 | The scene is before me as I write , the garden with its sun-warmed walls , the last of the black cherries hanging on the tree , the sky webbed with long pink clouds . |
| 20 | And if you see a sexy scene and you get a hanger , then it worked , it was erotic , and there 's not argument because , ah , the evidence is before us . |
| 21 | As in most recent years , a bill is before Congress that would renew MFN status only if certain conditions were met by China . |
| 22 | It is assumed that the μ and ratios in the precursor source , that is before enrichment , were variable in proportion to their respective Pb isotope ratios . |
| 23 | Salinity on the same density surface in the Iceland Basin is fresher , between 34.89–34.90 , so it could be older than that in the Rockall Trough , that is before 1970 , or it could have originated more recently , when salinity increased between 1981 and 1985 . |
| 24 | The company 's two daily commuter coach services from Braintree and Chelmsford are expected to be busy , but managers will wait to see what demand there is before deciding whether to run additional vehicles . |
| 25 | Uncertainty occurs where the court is not sure whether the statute was designed to cover the factual situation which is before it for decision . |
| 26 | The trial is before a jury of twelve . |
| 27 | He only has to remove his specs and this Cold Warrior is before us , gruff , sometimes frightening , puritanical , rather sad . |
| 28 | Hopkins only has to remove his specs and his Cold Warrior is before us |
| 29 | At that hearing , according to information which is before us but which was not before the judge , the first appellant was not present . |
| 30 | That case does not help in the issue that is before us as it is only an example of the practice in the Criminal Division of this court and is referred to normally for Lord Scarman 's analysis of the interrelation of the relevant statutory provisions , but it demonstrates that the practice in the criminal division is governed by statute . |