Example sentences of "ahead of [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the relative autonomy of certain factors within the whole allows the possibility of uneven development ; for example an economic mode of production may run ahead of a legitimating ideology , or a scientific revolution may not lead to technological change . |
| 2 | The SEC 's New York office is making informal inquiries into several instances when a share price moved up ahead of a favourable announcement about the restructuring of the company 's debt . |
| 3 | Some Palestinians , however , leapt to the conclusion that the crash was staged in order to boost sympathy for the PLO leader ahead of a crucial meeting of the 90-member PLO central council which was due to open in Tunis today . |
| 4 | Intercepting radio and telephone traffic from and around the Eastern block , trying to stay one jump ahead of a dangerous enemy . |
| 5 | Banks and building societies have been strenuously selling such products in recent weeks ahead of a possible Budget ban . |
| 6 | The exodus appeared to reflect Croat efforts to purge Muslims from Croat-controlled districts ahead of a possible agreement to divide the Bosnia into Croat , Serb and Muslim ministates . |
| 7 | Only days ahead of a general election in Iran , Teheran has taken a strident and uncompromising stance against the Mujahideen Khalq opposition group and its patron , Iraq . |
| 8 | The NP , once the party of apartheid , is determined to broaden its base , ahead of a general election in which it will confront the ANC . |
| 9 | The five reportedly reached a " preliminary consensus " on a plan to involve the UN in the governing of Cambodia ahead of a general election . |
| 10 | View from City Road , page 25 Polly buys in : Shares in Polly Peck Far East have been suspended ahead of a general offer by majority shareholder Polly Peck International for the remaining equity . |
| 11 | However , the Ayr plant with 1,000 employees seems to be Digital 's preferred site ahead of a similar plant at Galway where 1,200 jobs are now at risk . |
| 12 | Thousands of people fearing for their livelihoods gathered across France to put pressure on the government ahead of a European Community fisheries meeting today . |
| 13 | Naturally , some knowledge of the vein ahead would be invaluable and it was not unknown for a tiny probing tunnel to be driven ahead of a working face just before a new bargain was to be made . |
| 14 | Perhaps the two really outstanding men were Underwood , the wing , and Neil Back , the diminutive loose forward , but only marginally ahead of a largish group . |
| 15 | Insolvency practitioners were warned to keep their houses in order ahead of a new regime of Department of Trade inspections due to start in Scotland this month . |
| 16 | Forte gets a cool Pounds 402m — a profit of around £300m — and still retains just under 25% of the caterer ahead of a future flotation . |
| 17 | Throughout the tournament the popular Murray admitted to feeling enormous tension as he battled to stay ahead of a top-class field , which included eight members of the European Ryder Cup team . |
| 18 | A Ford spokesman admitted the existence of an internal document but said it was a ‘ background analysis ’ ahead of a full study on contracting out work . |
| 19 | Walking room , as you might expect , is the allowance of extra space ahead of a moving subject which is being followed in a pan shot , whether a human figure , a vehicle or some other object . |
| 20 | This comes ahead of a proposed meeting in Washington next month between the foreign ministers of the US , Egypt and Israel . |
| 21 | He sent an urgent appeal by fax to union general secretaries ahead of a Conservative news conference that day at which Mr Major and Mr Howard , Employment Secretary , claimed unions had been told if they ‘ shut up ’ today would be ‘ pay day ’ . |
| 22 | Sales of 0.98 singles per head put Britain well ahead of every other country . |
| 23 | Now , the RD 's electronics is where things get a bit tricky , and probably where Gibson were ahead of the average bassist of the time . |
| 24 | The axial spin of the more massive body M tends to carry the tide ahead of the orbital motion . |
| 25 | Oh , the dawn when shadows skeeter ahead of the sure fluid sunlight , back to their night . |
| 26 | The Tyneside-based company plans to expand into South Durham and Teesside in a bid to win market share ahead of the promised upturn in the housing market . |
| 27 | And as the Saatchi shares peaked ahead of the 1987 stock market crash the seeds of its financial decline had already been sown . |
| 28 | After those cuts , trading profits of the communications division were more than double those in the first half year and marginally ahead of the second half of last year as business held up . |
| 29 | After those cuts , trading profits of the communications division were more than double those in the first half year and marginally ahead of the second half of last year as business held up . |
| 30 | The Ladies ' race was convincingly won by Debbie Percival ( GEC Avionics ) in 35:39 — a full 2:40 ahead of the second lady . |