Example sentences of "[num] [noun] before a [noun sg] be " in BNC.

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1 If they did , it will be at least 10 years before a cure is developed .
2 Although the basics of toilet training can be mastered rapidly , it will take two or three months before a puppy is regularly asking to go outside of its own accord .
3 A full nine days before a mission was far too long .
4 The practice of the present Auditor is to accept that a Tender lodged one week before a Proof is good in relation to the expenses of the Proof itself .
5 The New Zealand openers , veteran John Wright and debutant Blair Hartland , who was appearing on his home ground , were glad to face just 14 balls before a halt was called for the day .
6 The most common experiences in the two years before a cancer is diagnosed are a significant loss or a sense of meaninglessness in the whole process of living .
7 We often find it takes three or four years before a youth is used to a regular life once more .
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