Example sentences of "[conj] before a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Appendix 4 to the 17th Report of the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Community states that ‘ Parliament does not require to be consulted before or during negotiations on a treaty or before a text is initialled ’ . |
| 2 | A revocation or modification order is made when the development has not been undertaken ( or before a change of use has taken place ) . |
| 3 | ( 14 ) Section 104 of CA 1985 requires certain conditions to be met ( including an independent valuation and approval by an ordinary resolution of the company ) before a public company ( formed as such ) can ( within two years of its being issued with a certificate entitling it to do business under CA 1985 , s117 ) enter into an agreement to acquire a non-cash asset ( eg shares in the target ) from a subscriber to its memorandum of association which is equal in value to one-tenth or more of the company 's nominal share capital issued at the time or before a company is re-registered as a public company can ( within two years of the date of re-registration ) enter into such an agreement with a person who was a member on the date of re-registration . |
| 4 | However , simulation finds wider application nowadays in the many situations where it is necessary to model the behaviour of some process before its introduction or before a change is made . |
| 5 | He acknowledges that before a contemplative is ready , like Moses , to climb the mountain , he must prepare himself by the time-honoured Western disciplines of Lectio , Meditatio and Oratio — study of scripture , meditation and prayer — but he tells his readers that other authors will tell them all they need to know about these . |
| 6 | On telephoning the surgery , I discovered that before a cremation can take place the death certificate has to be signed by two doctors — one of whom must come from outside the area . |
| 7 | The regulations then stipulate that before a report is submitted to the Secretary of State the inspector conducting the investigation shall inform everyone whose reputation is , in the inspector 's opinion , likely to be adversely affected by the report , inviting them to make representations , i.e. to argue any point or signify any disagreement with his conclusions . |
| 8 | But a body may be subject to judicial review even if the powers it exercises have no identifiable legal source ; so , for example , a refusal by a non-governmental , non-statutory licensing body , such as a horse-racing or boxing control body , to grant a licence to an applicant may be subject to judicial review even though it seems to be the case that before a licence is granted , no contract exists between the applicant and the licensing body . |
| 9 | Regulation 3B(2) of the Costs in Criminal Cases ( General ) ( Amendment ) Regulations 1991 furthermore requires that before a wasted costs order is made ‘ the court shall allow the legal or other representative and any party to the proceedings to make representations . ’ |
| 10 | However , as I am conscious of the strong feeling that the hon. Lady has registered on behalf of her constituents , I assure her that before a plant can be registered for an incinerator it must comply with the emissions standards enforced by Her Majesty 's industrial pollution inspectorate . |
| 11 | It should be noted that the definition of " settlement " in TA 1988 , s681(4) is applied to the overseas capital gains tax regime in TCGA 1992 , s97(7) and it is clear that before a settlement can exist under that code ( which excludes s86 ) there must be an element of bounty ( IRC v Plummer 54 TC 1 ) . |
| 12 | But there is nothing anywhere in the P P G twelve in particular which says that before a district can have policy in their local plan there must be a lead policy in the structure plan . |
| 13 | Months or years may pass before intimacy and trust develop , and before a reasonable range of criminal actions can be observed closely . |
| 14 | Once the debate has finished , and before a vote is taken , the mover of the motion has a right of reply to the discussion . |
| 15 | IPC adopts a preventative approach to pollution control , and before a scheduled process can be operated , prior authorisation must be obtained from HMIP . |
| 16 | The timing of the Bayeux speech — after the popular rejection of the first assembly 's draft and before a second assembly got down to work — suggests strongly that de Gaulle made it with the aim of influencing the constitution-making process . |
| 17 | But before a settlement is reached , this accounting controversy will rumble on through the winter and early spring . |
| 18 | Certainly that was as close to a gap in the smokescreen as there had been , when Charlie 's Indians were screaming ( silently ) for a quick sale to sever their connection but before a barricade of shell companies could be erected to take it over … |
| 19 | ‘ You must join us for dinner , of course , ’ he suggested quietly and turned to the waiter , but before a request for a more accommodating table was spoken Maria Luisa , to everyone 's shock , gave out a sudden sob of protest and turned and fled from the restaurant . |
| 20 | Interest has been shown already , but before a decision can be taken to invest Society funds , we would ask all QTs to take a straw poll in their classes to establish interest . |
| 21 | If party competition may be represented along a single spectrum ( e.g. , ‘ left-right ’ ) , if individual preferences are single-peaked , and they vote sincerely , then as before a majority voting equilibrium exists . |