Example sentences of "be [adj] before the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Although primary aluminium prices are likely to be significantly higher in 1994 than 1993 , it will be 1995–96 before the industry enjoys the full benefit of rising demand , according to analysts at Billiton-Enthoven Metals in their latest review .
2 And it will be eleven before the service is finished , so the earliest I think we should
3 Later he realised he had known even at six on that June morning that the time left would be short before the surge of pain crashed through his head .
4 It is intended that much of this material be available before the system is handed over .
5 Details of the registers would be available before the bill reached the committee stage but he wanted them to contain enough detail to be wholly credible in the eyes of the public .
6 The last time the Bill was debated in the House I assured the hon. Member for Islington , South and Finsbury ( Mr. Smith ) — whom I am delighted to see here — that a revised environmental statement on the project proposals would be available before the Bill was debated again .
7 It 's over four months now , and it 'll be five before the ball comes up . ’
8 But overall , NACAB did not believe that the initial resources proposed for the task were sufficient and considerable negotiations would be necessary before the CAB would accept the task .
9 Section 1 gives an overview of LIFESPAN ABLE and specifies the conditions that have to be satisfied before the software can be entered into LIFESPAN .
10 Section 31 sets out the criteria which must be satisfied before the court can make an order .
11 Plenty of other people were going to be dead before the night was out .
12 Holly knew the man who had climbed the wire would be dead before the concert was finished .
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