Synonym: before, earlier, former, previous. Antonym: posterior. Similar words: prior to, priority, warrior, interior, senior, junior, riot, behavior. Meaning: ['praɪə(r)] n. the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot. adj. earlier in time.
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151. The systematic activation of prior knowledge can act to prepare for and deepen the likely response to a text.
152. A glassy stone beloved by ancient toolmakers, obsidian was found only in two prehistoric spots in Arizona prior to the 1980s.
153. It is interesting to contrast life in Spain now with what it was like prior to 1975.
154. The new law on assembly allowed citizens to gather or hold demonstrations without prior approval from the local government.
155. No multi-disciplinary case conferences were held prior to these children being taken from their homes.
156. Evening meals are by prior arrangement only, and generally Marypen likes to cook for her guests three times a week.
157. Just prior to our assault, they had fired 6, 000 rounds of artillery and bombed it all morning.
158. It was due to announce its decision by mid-1992, prior to its summer recess.
159. Where is the proof here of any prior amorous relationship between the defendant and the decedent?
160. The amnesty applies to money sent abroad prior to April 6, 1991, to avoid the Republic's high tax rates.
161. An additional consideration is that the adjustment process prior to floating was influenced by the one-way nature of speculative flows.
162. We must look at what people would be like outside of, and prior to, civil society.
163. I caused chaos, too, in the Houlton Silver Band,(sentencedict.com/prior.html) who were hoisting their instruments prior to marching off.
164. Prior to 1980 Bush had supported the right of women to choose to have an abortion.
165. A Memorandum of Contract must be completed and exchanged prior to the successful bidder leaving the Auction Room.
166. Nearly half its projects had a full or partial environmental impact assessment carried out prior to funding.
167. The file was a standard office file with a Prior, Keen, Baldwin label stuck in the top right corner.
168. The change in accounting policy is reflected as a prior year adjustment.
169. A list was drawn up of events that had, prior to depression, given her a sense of achievement and pleasure.
170. If you are doing covert sensitization on an outpatient basis, your client could be consuming alcohol prior to treatment.
171. Government ministers rely on the conclusions from the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment prior to the field trials.
172. Comparative figures Prior year comparative figures have been restated to conform to the current year's presentation where appropriate.
173. This gives 1 extra attack, worked out immediately prior to hand-to-hand combat regardless of initiative levels or which side charged.
174. The first is following the opening of the bypass, but prior to the improvement of Woolmer Road.
175. Prior to the current political crisis, the Senate had been largely supportive of Mr Estrada since he took power in 1998.
176. This occurred because we overestimated the effectiveness of disulfiram when we calculated the sample size prior to initiating the study.
177. However, the survival of certain types of artefact is as much the result of various factors prior to burial as to post-depositional processes.
178. Prior to Gorbachev's re-election, the congress had adopted a resolution approving his report of July 2.
179. It must be concluded that the Visean/Namurian formations of this area were not buried beneath particularly thick Westphalian sediments prior to the Hercynian.
180. A lower federal court ruled that, irrespective of the circumstances, such disciplinary action is never permitted without a prior hearing.
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