1. Ng said the period before the Spring Festival is the busy season for funeral services.
2. Investors used to believe that the week before Spring Festival was a " bad time ", because demand for holiday cash left insufficient funds in the market.
3. Prices hit their peak in the weeks before and after Spring Festival, with Chilean cherries costing 80 yuan per kilogram.
4. Before SARS broke out last spring, civet cats were served up as a dish for human beings.
5. Expect a decision on that by spring, the deadline necessary to notify manufacturers before they begin production for next fall's cold season.
6. Since a consumption boom is expected before the New Year and Spring Festival, policymakers can count on consumption to contribute more to economic growth.
7. Dou said the patient was in critical condition and could have died before the Spring Festival that falls on Thursday if the transplants weren't undertaken.
8. Most of passengers were business people who could not return home before the spring festival because of a heavy work load.
9. You know that the traffic peak occurs a few days before the Spring Festival Eve.
10. Many Taobao retailers even posted notices warning " No delivery during the holiday " on their websites more than 10 days before the Spring Festival.