Example sentences of "[noun pl] prior [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ONE SOURCE of solace to the so far disappointing New Zealand tourists , who have a last chance at Leeds tomorrow to silence the doubters prior to the first Test next Saturday , must be the rate at which Great Britain 's best players are falling by the wayside . |
| 2 | Georgian federation president Nukri Kakilashvili said on Saturday the club would be contesting the allegations that officials bribed the referee and linesmen prior to the first leg game between Tbilisi and Linfield in Georgia nearly three weeks ago . |
| 3 | In the twenty years prior to the First World War there were numerous incidents of football hooliganism . |
| 4 | The German scheme of cheap overnight accommodation dated from the years prior to the First World War and had its origin in the central European tradition of ‘ wanderlust ’ . |
| 5 | Now the Big Daddy of them all … the astonishing revelation that the Georgians had attempted to bribe Turkish match officials prior to the first leg game . |
| 6 | They rejected the Georgians ' argument that the 5,000 dollars given to match officials prior to the first leg game was legitimate expenses and reinforced the judgement that Tbilisi be expelled from this season 's competition and the next one they qualify for . |
| 7 | For many weeks prior to the first of February we attempted to get a district council , a Labour council to agree that should apply in the case . |