Example sentences of "before [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then swiftly she launches into a staccato attack on political buffoonery and the Government in general before lashing at the crass assumptions that men make about women , and reaching the parts of chaps ' angst-filled sexuality that mere innuendo could never find . |
| 2 | There would be a two-week run at the Theatre Royal , Norwich , before opening at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 23 September 1976 . |
| 3 | From there , we move to examine the inheritance China received from the Soviet Union , before looking at a series of other cases in South Asia and Israel . |
| 4 | Before looking at a numerical example , let's look at the principles ( see Figure 1 ) . |
| 5 | But before looking at the idea behind this revolution in printing , consider its consequences . |
| 6 | Before looking at the day-to-day working of the system in London and Birmingham , it is worth pausing to describe the role of the school care committees , for in both cities they were the vital link in the attempt to make the transition an educational rather than an industrial process . |
| 7 | Before looking at the two conferences under consideration , it is useful to construct an outline income and expenditure account , which might look something like |
| 8 | Before looking at the books , she wrote : ‘ The teenagers of Tollemarche must be protected from obscenity and smut . ’ |
| 9 | Obviously the detailed nature of these checks depends on the material submitted , but we found it invaluable to look at the output from these checks before looking at the coursework itself . |
| 10 | He looked down now on to the plate on which lay a pig 's foot and two pieces of streaky pork ; and picking up the pig 's foot in his two hands , he gnawed at it for a moment before looking at the child again and asking her , ‘ Well , what 's your other name ? ’ |
| 11 | Before looking at the bloom shapes and forms , we need to clarify a few terms which are not as simple or straightforward as might be supposed . |
| 12 | I lie down on my bed and remove my socks before looking at the folder . |
| 13 | Before looking at the relationship between mortality rates and social class over the years , it is worth referring to some evidence which suggest that similar medical care benefits upper-class patients more than their lower-class counterparts . |
| 14 | Before looking at the outcomes of regional policy , it is worth stating again that financial incentives are only one of the two strands of regional policy — the other is the industrial development certificate system through which the government can refuse applications for industrial expansion in prosperous areas thus encouraging firms to move into development areas . |
| 15 | Before looking at the different propositions of the theory , it is necessary to describe briefly the two forms of government financial assistance : income tax rebates and supplementary benefit . |
| 16 | But before looking at the two most important examples of planning for peace , the Beveridge Report and the Butler Education Act of 1944 , it is important to note a number of ways in which peacetime policy changes were foreshadowed by ad hoc wartime measures . |
| 17 | Duclos mopped his forehead with a handkerchief already soaked in perspiration before looking at the photographs . |
| 18 | My mother glanced at the clock before looking at the window to ascertain that the garden was already retreating into night , and drew the curtains . |
| 19 | Before looking at the way in which the sector has changed in recent years we examine the role of the Bank of England . |
| 20 | Before looking at the idea that the overpricing of underwriting contracts as payment for other services it is worth noting that Marsh observed that ‘ bear ’ markets tended to lead to marginally higher excess returns to underwriters , while no large or small company effects could be discerned . |
| 21 | Before looking at the implications of this plethora of orbits , it remains to state that only a few of the homoclinic orbits known to occur in the Lorenz equations are displayed in Fig. 6.2 . |
| 22 | Before looking at the creation of databases , it is important to consider what is meant by a database or what a database could look like in a school library . |
| 23 | As freelance snapper Dale Cherry took pictures , Flashman threatened : ‘ Take that and I 'll smash that camera over your head , ’ before lunging at the startled photographer . |
| 24 | If the accused receives ham from the meat stall in a supermarket he is guilty if he makes off before paying at the cashdesk . |
| 25 | After an alleged assault on her birthday in September 1989 she could not face returning to the Royal High and missed eight months of education before starting at a private school . |
| 26 | Joanna spent a year in Australia before starting at the sports centre last year . |
| 27 | Make a point of visiting friends with children before starting at the mother-and-toddler group , so she has a chance to widen her circle before meeting more children and being overwhelmed . |
| 28 | He had n't had to tell them to take their shoes off before boarding at the Co-op quay and in three days of cruising they had washed the sand off their feet after each shore trip . |
| 29 | McDunn glances back at me before stopping at the phone and nodding down at it . |
| 30 | He turned and left , ignoring the shouts and screams of the small wet attendant as — after the under-cook had gathered the other scullions round , pointed to the cauldron , the ladle and its own belly before nodding at the wet attendant — the kicking , howling creature was grabbed by the same scullions who had recently been comforting it , hoisted up the ladder still resting against the side of the great vat , and thrown back in . |