Example sentences of "before they reach the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order for the information in the artefacts to become directly usable , we must then organise our affairs so that the artefacts are transformed before they reach the executive decision maker 's desk . |
| 2 | There is an increasing need to predict the environmental hazards of chemicals before they reach the marketplace , and this demands methods to support the often limited experimental data . |
| 3 | It is even more difficult to find the boundary in front of the wicket since ‘ the sweepers ’ are out on the mid-wicket and cover boundaries , cutting off the strokes which penetrate the inner ring of fieldsmen before they reach the ropes . |
| 4 | The shark then chases all the children and has to try and touch them before they reach the safety of the side of the pool . |
| 5 | The children all swim lesser distances and I have to catch their toes before they reach the safety of the end or the side of the pool . |
| 6 | In the early stages of careers mobility is higher in Japan because part of the workforce is discharged before they reach the higher paid section of the profile to be replaced by younger and cheaper labour . |
| 7 | Three out of four children are aware of cigarettes before they reach the age of 5 whether the parents smoke or not ; at 10 years old as many as 40% of boys and 28% of girls have had at least a few puffs of a cigarette [ 1 ] and about one third of those who become regular smokers have started before age 9 [ 2 ] . |
| 8 | Just before they reach the flowering stage — earlier if you need the land for another crop — chop them down , allow them to wilt for a few hours then plough or dig them in . |
| 9 | Traditionally such a media filters out loose particles before they reach the main biological area . |
| 10 | Just before they reach the exit , HAMLET , apparently seeing CLAUDIUS approaching from off stage , bends low in a sweeping bow . |
| 11 | In this treatment a variety of techniques is used to elicit the language learners already know before they reach the " View , Listen and Compare " stage . |
| 12 | In the British Isles the best examples are found off the Norfolk coast , as will be described below : although this coast is one of submergence , the offshore profile , composed largely of glacial deposits , is extremely gentle , thus allowing waves to break long before they reach the coast . |
| 13 | A state of complete submissiveness can thus be established in all children before they reach the fifth or sixth year of life … |
| 14 | Are there any problems that may be looming on the horizon that perhaps you ought to be addressing before they reach the door ? |
| 15 | Long before they reached the relevant section . |
| 16 | New products developed by the best-performing machine-tool makers tended to start their lives with ‘ fuzzy ’ specifications , allowing for significant design changes before they reached the customer . |
| 17 | The two men picked their way along the line with the aid of a torch , but before they reached the bridge the Sergeant switched it off suggesting that they tread on the wooden sleepers and as softly as possible . |
| 18 | Trotter was at the door , opening it before they reached the porch . |
| 19 | Initially this new German ‘ victory ’ weapon proved unnerving but before long it became possible for the ‘ V1s ’ to be intercepted by fighter aircraft over the sea , although their speed was a problem , but by moving the bulk of the anti-aircraft artillery units to the Isle of Wight and along the southern coastline of England , it was possible to shoot them down before they reached the London area . |
| 20 | Before they reached the stand-pipe they came upon Tom and Cyril . |
| 21 | Quite suddenly Tweed pulled in at the kerb before they reached the hotel . |
| 22 | Shaw , Black and Lulu all cheekily carved their own slices of the cake before they reached the matronly age of eighteen . |
| 23 | Just before they reached the track leading to Yatton Farm , however , they received a shock . |
| 24 | Howard had anticipated losses well before they reached the river . |
| 25 | Before they reached the great stone shaped like the skull of a horse which marked the path they were to take to the right , the fires were all out and the smoke from them had dispersed into the general heat-haze . |
| 26 | Before they reached the towering stack of containers , between which ran innumerable alleyways where no faint light penetrated , they came upon a series of deck hatches . |
| 27 | They saw the camp-fires lighting up the winter dusk well before they reached the Hoddom area , near where the Water of Milk joined Annan , which meant , of course , that the enemy ahead presumably would be apt to see them also ; but it was practically impossible to hide the presence of a major army anyway . |
| 28 | Dawn overtook them long before they reached the Esk , or even the Lyne . |
| 29 | Sometimes I 'd watch their kites going down into the fields overhead , down until they dwindled away out of sight , long before they reached the tops of the trees You ca n't do that often , though , because of all the smog . |
| 30 | Since most men had acquired wives before they reached the stage of being an S.S.O. — and Benedict 's , having yet to appoint its first female house-surgeon , never had any but male S.S.O.s — a bachelor S.S.O. was regarded as an unexpected bonus and fair game for the entire nursing staff . |