Example sentences of "before the [noun pl] ' " 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 | Mr Beloff argued that a prima facie case of professional misconduct had been made out and should have been put before the barristers ' disciplinary tribunal . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Shortly before the dockworkers ' strike the then armed forces Chief of Staff Gen. Sunthorn had reportedly warned that privatization could damage national security . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | North Auckland 's early period of dominance brought a try for hooker Doug Te Puni before the Lions ' centres struck . |
| 9 | ONE still finds it difficult to believe that the International Rugby Football Board will abandon any of the experimental variations in the laws before the Lions ' forthcoming tour . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But the suspension of negotiations was on the cards even before the Americans ' decision . |
| 12 | On the following day the appellant would have to be taken before the magistrates ' court : section 46 . |
| 13 | In real practice , law is very different for the majority of people , then and now , who appear before the Magistrates ' Court . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Anderson will be anxious to counter the slump in form before the Blues ' primary target this season , the Smirnoff Irish League Championship , gets underway in a fortnight 's time . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The pressure of legal penalties , not only against pagans but eventually also against heretics , schismatics , and Jews , no doubt had a part to play ; but to judge by the extent to which Christian mobs could get their way without restraint years before the emperors ' coercive legislation , enacted in the years after 390 , it was no more than a minor part . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |