Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] before [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the office holders named by the three leaders were : as secretary general Park Jun Byung , a DJP legislator since 1985 and before that an Army general who as commander of the 20th Division had been involved in the violent suppression of the 1980 Kwangju rebellion , a continuing source of bitterness within the South Korean political system ; as floor leader Kim Dong Young , former floor leader of the RDP and one of Kim Young Sam 's closest confidants ; and as chief policy maker Kim Yong Hwan , who had been elected to the National Assembly in 1987 and was one of the most experienced members of the NDRP . |
| 2 | She felt Fand grip her arm ; the white face turned , whiter than before as a gust of fire passed . |
| 3 | Jaross , a Data General and before that a DEC alumnus , had been director of educational services at DG and intends to make use of that background at Uniforum . |
| 4 | Though data are not available , it may well be that socio-economic disparities were narrower in 1974 than before as a result partly of the Contract of Employment Act , 1963 , which required employers to give their employees notice of one to four weeks according to length of service , and partly of the increased power of trade unions . |
| 5 | Up to 1980 , there were two and before that a number of riverside cottages at different times were shops . |