Example sentences of "not [vb pp] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | An embayment of oceanic crust not consumed before the boundary becomes ‘ locked ’ is called a remnant-ocean basin . |
| 2 | Yet they were not consulted before the project started and there has been no public inquiry of any kind . |
| 3 | She had not realised before exactly how dependent she had become on Piers . |
| 4 | Yet it was this very stability which made them so potentially harmful , for their effects upon a whole ecosystem , as opposed to an individual species , were not considered before they were adopted and so , as farmers enthusiastically seized the opportunities which these new insecticides offered , little thought was given to any possible chain reaction which might follow . |
| 5 | In my own drama teaching I rarely use games with a class that I know well , but when I 'm working with a class that I 've not met before I often begin the session with a short concentration exercise and then a simple game . |
| 6 | Presumably he would have continued in the office for the whole of the pontificate , had he not died before it ended . |
| 7 | The guard on Alan 's machine was removed for cleaning and inadvertently not replaced before the machine was used . |
| 8 | But she had not spoken before Taggy took in her condition . |
| 9 | The murdered tourist left a widow whose permission was not asked before the work was written . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , because typological study had not started before they were stolen , we have no detailed catalogue descriptions or drawings . |
| 11 | Let us assume that we have been more careful and not leapt before we looked . |
| 12 | New unions have now emerged which we have not faced before we must not dodge these challenges because they may appear difficult or hard and we must be prepared to learn off anybody who has something to show us to close our minds would be a mistake . |
| 13 | A As vintage Champagne is not released before it is three years old it is a relatively mature wine and is thus ready to drink when available in Sainsbury 's . |
| 14 | Outside National Parks and SSSIs prior approval is not required before a farmer goes ahead and implements a capital scheme for which grant is claimed after completion . |
| 15 | This assumption is not required before you can assume that X causes Y , but it is required if you want to know how X is causing Y . |
| 16 | If the river was not graded before the rejuvenation occurred the nick point may well be indistinguishable from other irregularities present in the stream . |
| 17 | I 'm grateful , that 's for today , erm my Lord it may sound slightly more erm contentious , but I 'd also ask for certificate for counsel for the thirteenth of August hearing , may I say the reason for that , it 's a matter that has n't come before you , you wo n't know about , it 's this , this reason , because at that period it was n't just the application under twenty eighty or twenty eight , four for delay there was another application er , which was unsuccessful which has n't been proceed today , but cost were also disallowed with more serious reason , I submit that said showed er negligent or that improper conduct , there was a substantial attack mounted , and I can use no other words fairly describe it on the professional conduct of and for that reason my Lord er both cos the seriousness of the allegations , but of course also because of the potential conflict that they acted for themselves and it would of been in situation for us solicitor hence to turn up , er they instructed counsel and my self , and so for that double reason in my believe we should be entitled to at , at first stage , ordinarily I would n't of had a very good run for argument but I , it 's my suspicion my clue recollection , be backed up by those behind me , and indeed by the documents that a substantial attack was mounted and it was in , I have to say in full flight terms , and much hence could n't be said to be unreasonable to deem if necessarily , unusually to send counsel in front of a taxing master , well I wo n't say any more on the point , but that is my suspicion |
| 18 | He had n't noticed before just how thin she was , and that night it was obvious that her maid had been over-generous with the rouge-brush . |
| 19 | She had n't noticed before quite how dark his hair was , or that it curled slightly against his collar . |
| 20 | A gold-framed certificate I have n't seen before is hanging crooked above the TV . |
| 21 | And because the filling in a sandwich is n't cooked before it 's served , the bugs can easily multiply to give a nasty bout of food poisoning . |
| 22 | so one council 's got a bit of paper and it ties up with the other one when you come here but if you do n't , if you have n't paid before you could n't tell them you were leaving |