Example sentences of "before [art] [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There has been an increase in life expectancy , with the result that not only are there more elderly people , but there is also a greater likelihood that children will have left home long before the parents ' death . |
2 | The thrill of the rallies before the miners ' ballot was that they evoked echoes of that kind of military manoeuvre , disciplined , exotic troops , mobilised in precise , obedient formation , like ballroom dancing . |
3 | S 80 in effect requires members ' approval by ordinary resolution before the directors ' power to allot the company 's shares can be exercised , though the resolution may give approval for up to five years . |
4 | Controversy surrounded the release in January 1991 of four Belgian hostages in Lebanon [ see p. 37977 ] , when it emerged that Walid Khaled , the spokesperson in Lebanon of the extremist Revolutionary Council of Fatah ( RCF ) who had helped negotiate their release , had been granted a three-month tourist visa on Jan. 11 , one day before the hostages ' release and at a time of great international tension because of the Gulf crisis . |
5 | Shortly before the dockworkers ' strike the then armed forces Chief of Staff Gen. Sunthorn had reportedly warned that privatization could damage national security . |
6 | Following the issue of a precept in July 1990 , the taxpayer , an accountant , produced some of the information which it required shortly before the Commissioners ' hearing . |
7 | North Auckland 's early period of dominance brought a try for hooker Doug Te Puni before the Lions ' centres struck . |
8 | Even if the matter were still proceeding before the justices ' court , either for the purposes of committal for trial or for trial of an information , it would be my opinion that neither section 5(1) nor section 10(1) of the Act of 1980 would apply to give the justice hearing a proceeding under section 7(5) of the Bail Act 1976 a power to adjourn that proceeding . |
9 | But the suspension of negotiations was on the cards even before the Americans ' decision . |
10 | On the following day the appellant would have to be taken before the magistrates ' court : section 46 . |
11 | In real practice , law is very different for the majority of people , then and now , who appear before the Magistrates ' Court . |
12 | Caterers may come into contact with the Crown Court either on appeal from a conviction before the Magistrates ' Court or when they are tried for serious criminal offences . |
13 | The appellant failed to comply with the rules of the hostel , on one occasion leaving without permission , and was brought before the magistrates ' court who returned him to the hostel . |
14 | The defendant , who had been committed for trial to the Crown Court on bail , was arrested for breach of a condition of his bail and brought before the magistrates ' court pursuant to section 7(4) of the Bail Act 1976 . |
15 | Opinion polls taken before the bishops ' caution show Herri Batasuna — some of whose candidates are serving long prison sentences for terrorism - winning up to five seats in Cortes , the Spanish parliament . |
16 | They passed the fountain , which still lay in darkness , having beaten Stephen and the team of electricians he had had working until minutes before the guests ' arrival — the one and only thing that was not finished . |
17 | Cole records that , in the straitened circumstances attending the trade depression of 1857–8 , the payment of dividend on invested capital was made a prior charge on profits , payable , that is , before the workers ' bonus ; and the remaining profits were to be divided at a uniform rate on wages paid and on invested capital . |
18 | That game in the fascinating title run-in is on April 12 , just six days before the Gunners ' Coca-Cola Cup final against Sheffield Wednesday , but Graham pledged : ‘ United will be expecting us to play just as hard and do them a favour — and we will do our best . ’ |
19 | Weeks before a parents ' evening is held the staff need to get together to discuss and plan the whole event . |
20 | The police were required to bring the detained person before a magistrates ' court ‘ as soon as practicable ’ after arrest . |
21 | Criminal prosecutions are commenced either in the Magistrates ' Court if the matter is to be tried summarily or , following a committal before a Magistrates ' Court , in the Crown Court if the matter is to be tried upon an indictment . |
22 | Facts : the appellant pleaded guilty before a magistrates ' court in April , 1990 to an offence of receiving and was ordered to perform 180 hours community service . |
23 | A defendant 's costs order may also be made in the following circumstances : ( 1 ) by a magistrates ' court where an information has been laid before magistrates but not proceeded with ; or where the magistrates ' court inquiring into an indictable offence as examining justices determines not to commit the accused for trial ; ( 2 ) by the Crown Court where the defendant is not tried for an offence for which he or she had been indicted or committed for trial ; or the defendant who has been convicted of an offence before a magistrates ' court appeals against conviction or sentence and , in consequence of that appeal , the conviction is set aside or a less severe punishment is awarded ; ( 3 ) by the Divisional Court where it deals with any criminal appeal ; ( 4 ) by the Court of Appeal where it allows an appeal against conviction or sentence or on such an appeal finds the defendant guilty of a different offence or imposes a different sentence ; ( 5 ) by the House of Lords where it determines a criminal appeal , or application for leave to appeal . |