Example sentences of "[to-vb] ahead [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of real assets , the expected return may be less certain ( i.e. riskier ) but potentially greater as , for example , if property values are expected to soar ahead of the rate of inflation . |
| 2 | Knighton declined to comment ahead of the talks with Edwards , but it seems he is keen at all costs to avoid a court case . |
| 3 | Yet Labour still ca n't seem to pull ahead of the Tories ! |
| 4 | The eye has to jump ahead to the source marker , or register it peripherally , and link it correctly to the preceding text . |
| 5 | Our marketing spend reflects our confidence that the brand will continue to grow ahead of the market . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You have to look ahead to the time when you leave football , and I wanted to prepare for a life in sport and leisure management , ’ he said . |
| 7 | With both at 33 , Cambridge began to draw ahead with the advantage of the long Surrey bend . |
| 8 | Martin Bangemann , the second most senior European commissioner after the EC President , Jacques Delors , does not share Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's sympathy with Major 's parliamentary difficulties , issuing statements about the need to press ahead with the union which only serve to anger further the rebel Tories . |
| 9 | She was glad at last to have a use for information from Robert : it justified her relationship with him and her decision to press ahead with the case . |
| 10 | The government 's decision to press ahead with the work , allegedly without carrying out an adequate environmental impact assessment , led to a threat of legal action from the European Commission [ see ED no. 52 ] . |
| 11 | As Negus , Tafari now felt powerful enough to press ahead with the reforms he had set his heart on ; but as he did so opposition intensified . |
| 12 | The first real indication of the mood of the new House came on Wednesday , 3 June 1992 , the day after the Danish ‘ no ’ vote and a few hours after the prime minister had told Parliament that he intended nevertheless to press ahead with the bill ratifying the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 13 | The other 10 EC nations are determined to press ahead with the Maastricht Treaty on their own if either the Danes or the British fail to back it . |
| 14 | The election result has given the Conservatives five years in which to press ahead with the changes . |
| 15 | Councillors decided to press ahead with the prosecutions despite the Government 's recent announcement that it 's to review the Sunday Trading laws . |
| 16 | However , health campaigners , who reacted angrily to warnings that the axe could fall , have decided to press ahead with the meeting , saying they can not trust the healthcare trust . |
| 17 | On the basis of this greatly enhanced authority the EP decided to press ahead with the task of unifying Europe and to this end produced a draft treaty establishing a European Union . |
| 18 | Gorbachev , in his response to the results , nonetheless claimed that they had received a mandate for the ‘ renewal and strengthening of the union state ’ and promised to press ahead with the conclusion of the union treaty and a new constitution . |
| 19 | Speaking to journalists , the former deputy Labour leader on Liverpool council hit out at the police decision to press ahead with the action against him . |
| 20 | DEREK HATTON , the former Labour politician cleared yesterday of plotting to defraud Liverpool city council , last night hit out at the police decision to press ahead with the action against him . |
| 21 | Despite such setbacks a commitment to press ahead with the deal had been provided by the Malaysian Defence Minister , Najib Razak , during a visit to London in early June . |
| 22 | There had been hopes that the workforce would agree not to press ahead with the step if management agreed to reprieve 70 jobs until next April . |
| 23 | There had been hopes that the workforce would agree not to press ahead with the step if management agreed to reprieve 70 jobs until next April . |
| 24 | Despite this obstacle , Sturt was determined to press ahead with the expedition , and on 19 May he appealed to Gould to exert any pressure he could on Lord Derby to encourage his son , Lord Stanley — who was then Secretary of State for the Colonies — to back the proposal . |
| 25 | Hrawi underlined his determination to press ahead with the security plan on Oct. 24 when he formally ordered all militias to leave Beirut and to hand over positions to the Lebanese Army . |
| 26 | The Financial Accounting Standards Board is to press ahead with an approach that would expand the use of fair value accounting for investments in debt and equity securities . |
| 27 | ‘ The normal courtesy would have been to phone ahead for an appointment . ’ |
| 28 | The Americans wanted the greatest possible acceleration of weapon production on behalf of the Atlantic Alliance in order to keep ahead of the Russians , but they insisted on two principles : first , that production and storage facilities should be located with due regard to strategic considerations , and that meant location in North America with minimum holdings in Europe ; and second , that there should be co-ordination of the American and British programmes to make best use of available expertise and resources , including exchange of scientists . |
| 29 | Auspex says it needed to boost the power to keep ahead of the demand of the latest high-powered workstations , such as the HP 9000/730 and Sun 's Sparcstation 10s . |
| 30 | There is nothing alarming or unusual about methodological problems ; all sciences have them and it is quite common for the questions that people ask to run ahead of the techniques available for answering them . |