Example sentences of "before [adj] time [art] " in BNC.

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1 ( 2 ) If on an allotted day on which any proceedings on the Bill are to be brought to a conclusion at a time appointed by this Order the House is adjourned , or the sitting is suspended , before that time no notice shall be required of a Motion made at the next sitting by a member of the Government for varying or supplementing the provisions of this Order .
2 An article in the Timber Trades Journal reported Michael Latham , chairman of a major UK timber firm and then president of the European tropical timber importers union , as saying that : ‘ The entry of the WWF into the field enlarged the scale of the problem for the timber trade , since before that time the trade had been dealing with small local conservationist groups ’ .
3 However , if before that time the supplier issues a tax invoice or receives payment , then to that extent the time of supply ( also known as the ‘ tax point ’ ) is the earlier of when the invoice is issued or payment received ( s 5(1) and ( 10 ) ) .
4 Before that time the largest unit of production was what Defoe calls in Yorkshire the ‘ work-house ’ .
5 Before that time the school was to be amalgamated with another local comprehensive .
6 Perhaps before this time the seas were not at the right temperature or did not have the chemical composition to favour the deposition of the lime from which most marine shells and skeletons are constructed .
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