Example sentences of "ahead [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he could have looked ahead through time at his counterpart in the late 1980s , would he have been scornful of his sunglasses , his insignia of rank , his fat-cat complacent air ? |
| 2 | Do more circuit planning flights with the last five hundred feet of the altimeter covered and try to guess ahead of time what the height and position will be ( not in feet , but in terms of very high , about right , or rather low ) . |
| 3 | It was finally decided on 15 June that there should be a Commonwealth statement on civil aviation , and although Australia and South Africa favoured Commonwealth consultation ahead of time , Canada was wary of offending the USA . |
| 4 | A few last checks by the Bridge Commander , and it was declared ready for traffic , seven minutes ahead of time . |
| 5 | That morning , everything was ahead of time . |
| 6 | Apply the principles : check it out ahead of time and put yourself in the other person 's place . |
| 7 | The national press and media were travelling on the plane with Mrs Thatcher , but the local photographers and journalists were going directly to the airport ahead of time . |
| 8 | You must visit every spot ahead of time to plan what you are actually going to do on the day with your candidate or leader . |
| 9 | Obviously situations like the airport arrival can be worked out ahead of time and you can plan how best to accommodate the media for such moments , but it 's equally important to spot new potential and make the most of it . |
| 10 | PAYING off the mortgage ahead of time is certainly the safest investment and could also be best for taxpayers who fear reduced returns on deposits if Labour wins . |
| 11 | Suppose every time one of your subordinates turns in completed work ahead of time you react by giving him a whole load more , what may happen ? |
| 12 | They are , of course , interrelated ; use of computers in calculation , word processing and computer-aided design , for example , can put strains on office space , and as accommodation is one of the least flexible resources , there must be careful consideration and if necessary appropriate investment made ahead of time . |
| 13 | Christmas is less than seven weeks away ; forgive us if it all seems too early , but would n't it be terrific if this year , just for a change , you really did manage to get everything done ahead of time so you could actually enjoy the break … ? |
| 14 | You should both know exactly where you stand on all the major issues of planning , right from the start , so that mutually acceptable decisions can be made well ahead of time . |
| 15 | AHEAD OF TIME ! |
| 16 | Peter Preston , editor of The Guardian newspaper and a member of the watchdog Press Complaints Commission , said he believed The Sun had not broken the speech embargo but had simply published a story ahead of time . |
| 17 | To pay for this , insurers load the front-end charges on policies , so that customers get back only a fraction of what should be due to them if they have to cash in ahead of time . |
| 18 | Can a chimp plan ahead of time , either on its own behalf or on behalf of its fellow ? |
| 19 | Since , next to your home , your pension is almost certainly your most valuable asset , it is important to check all the angles well ahead of time to ensure that when you retire you receive the maximum benefit . |
| 20 | Data General Corp hopes to have 88110-based AViiONs out by the end of the year , but has forborn to preannounce them ahead of time . |
| 21 | Heirs grew over-ambitious : both Baldwin V of Flanders and Geoffrey Martel the Younger rebelled against their fathers in an attempt to establish their own dominion ahead of time ; more problematically , princes had the headache of finding adequate endowments for their younger sons without infringing on the patrimony . |
| 22 | And this year of all years , with its great debate on what constitutes family values you will want to make sure to order your Thanksgiving turkey well ahead of time . |
| 23 | Index which was started by Littlewoods , as a rival to the immensely successful Argos stores , is moving into profit ahead of time |
| 24 | Index which was started in 1986 as a rival to the immensely successful Argos stores , is moving into profit ahead of time . |
| 25 | It is also necessary because it is difficult for the designer to be precise ahead of time . |
| 26 | The agenda of the sessions were the cases that they were asked to write ahead of time . |
| 27 | It 's best to find them ahead of time because that gives us a chance to contact them beforehand . |
| 28 | Knowing ahead of time what the classification of fish must look like is a great help if one is an expert only on birds and mollusca : and Swainson produced analogies which nobody had previously thought of . |
| 29 | To be able to take action ahead of time requires above all the freedom to do so , unfettered by exchange-rate restrictions . |
| 30 | Oh the by-pass road , you know the north northern part of Ipswich , along the by-pass and of course had ordered trolley buses , because you had to order 'em about two years ahead of time , erm , to take care of that but it did n't materialize and we had a surplus of buses and some of them were sold off , I think some went to Walsall , some to Wolverhampton and er I , I think it was one of those that was sold to Wals Woolwich , figured in the national newspapers that had toppled over . |