Example sentences of "time before [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This only seemed to exasperate the situation and it was some time before order was restored . |
| 2 | With the bad weather set to continue , they 're worried motorists simply wo n't learn their lesson , and it could just be a matter of time before motorway madness claims more lives . |
| 3 | It was only a matter of time before public opinion demanded further amending legislation . |
| 4 | Moreover O'Connell believes that the commoditisation of the computer hardware industry means it is only a matter of time before software becomes a commodity too . |
| 5 | ( 4 ) The court may extend the period specified under subsection ( 3 ) at any time before possession of the land is recovered in pursuance of the order under that subsection … |
| 6 | The court may extend the period of possession at any time before possession is recovered ( s 138(4) ) . |
| 7 | Second , the finance company has to check the creditworthiness of a customer from details supplied on a proposal form for credit , so it has the right to cancel the agreement at any time before credit has been approved and accepted . |
| 8 | so it meant that for some time before contingency fund development was introduced you must of had some concerns er about the accuracy of the figures you were putting forward for the publication , can , can I explain that a little more ? if after a few years a major repair needs to be carried out there was no contingency fund , it might mean sticking another two or three hundred pounds a year on the service charges , might it not , to cover a major repair |
| 9 | It was half-past midnight , and some time before sunrise Ebenezer Judge knew that he was going to die . |
| 10 | The Soviet Union saw no need to remain in military terms and appears to have thought it was merely a matter of time before communism was extended to the southern half of the peninsula . |
| 11 | It would be a long time before revolution could succeed in the New World . |
| 12 | The McKays qualified and married in Edinburgh and then left to work in London for a short time before travel beckoned and they went to work firstly in Papua New Guinea and then in Lusaka , Zambia . |
| 13 | But it 's going to take some time before construction begins . |
| 14 | The defendant may rely on facts which emerge after publication — and in such cases , the length of time before trial may be a positive boon . |
| 15 | On Microsoft 's Windows New Technology , the Sun chief told Wall Street last week that he reckoned ‘ it 'll be a long time before information managers start drinking that Kool-Aid . ’ |
| 16 | McNealy-on-NT : the Sun chief told Wall Street last week that he reckoned ‘ it 'll be a long time before information managers start drinking that Kool-Aid . ’ |
| 17 | It 's a long time before cloth wholly decays — look how long a bag of cement lasts under water when it 's used for emergency repairs to a sea-wall . |
| 18 | Like Krakatoa , Mt Pelee had been active for quite a time before disaster struck . |
| 19 | But housing committee chairman , Bill Dixon , said the criticism related to a time before Labour was in office . |
| 20 | Conversely , warm weather , convivial surroundings and sexual activity a short time before measurement will all temporarily increase the resting size of the organ . |
| 21 | Dr Roger Pertwee claims it is only a matter of time before marijuana moves from being regarded as a drug of abuse to a substance which can be used positively . |