Before the production of the pilot episode was completed, Ellison invoked a clause in his contract to force the producers to use his alternative registered writer's name of " Cordwainer Bird " on the end credits.

Before his synthesis of the ideas of John Allen, Frank Ellison, Whit Towers and others, layouts were often little more than a " spaghetti bowl " of intersecting tracks on which trains ran in no particular order and with little or no sense of purpose.

Before they could guess his intention Rankin stepped forward and swung the guard's own gun against the uncovered head, hard.

Before memory, too, clouds over, let us make a note or two of what could be seen.

Before he could duck, another stone struck him.

Before he left the apartment he knocked on their door and asked if there was anything he could do for them.

Before the Juniors entered the ring the Steward announced that after all Juniors had moved their dogs around the ring and set them up, they could relax with their dogs.

Before Roberts could move inside to cut upward toward his face, he slammed his right fist into Roberts' belly.

Before he could snap it on, a stinging blow caught him in the ribs.

Before he could return to Burma, Field Marshal Slim had to rally the defeated remnants of a discouraged army and unite them with fresh recruits.

Before he could pass the river with safety, however, it was necessary to subdue certain fortresses, one of which was for several days vigorously defended by the governor, Yussuf el-Harezmi, a Khwarezmian.

Before the passage of the lex annalis, individuals could run for the Aedileship by the time they turned twenty-seven.

Before the demolition could take place, Admiral Sir Hugh Sinclair ( Director of Naval Intelligence and head of MI6 ) bought the site.

Before 1873, England had two parallel court systems: courts of " law " that could only award money damages and recognized only the legal owner of property, and courts of " equity " ( courts of chancery ) that could issue injunctive relief ( that is, a court order to a party to do something, give something to someone, or stop doing something ) and recognized trusts of property.

Before Stalin's consolidation of power, the Central Committee featured open debate, where even leading officials could be criticised.

Before a systematic excavation of the site could be undertaken, the village had to be relocated but the residents resisted.

Before the vote to award franchises in 1959, Murchison revealed to Marshall that he owned the song and Marshall could not play it during games.

Before many copies of the book could be printed, however, the printing press and most of the printed copies were destroyed by a mob in Missouri.

Before the advent of fast computing machines, solving a dynamical system required sophisticated mathematical techniques and could be accomplished only for a small class of dynamical systems.

Before the invention of the integrated circuit in 1959, electronic circuits were constructed from discrete components that could be manipulated by humans.

Before the question could be answered, the notion of " algorithm " had to be formally defined.

Before a new Grand Alliance could be concluded Leopold I prepared to send an expedition to seize the Spanish lands in Italy.

Before a lord could grant land ( a fief ) to someone, he had to make that person a vassal.

Before, geologists could only use fossils to date sections of rock relative to one another.

Before a new employee could rise to the level of mastery, he had to go through a schooling period during which he was first called an apprentice.

Before the assembled cardinals and delegations could engage in theological discussion, they had to decide how to sit during the proceedings.

Before the American company could begin their operations, however, the island was occupied by an Australian company under British license.

Before the big firms could begin, the small ones had to get started too.

Before SRP can begin, the ship or submarine must have her nuclear fuel removed.

Before the process could begin, he insisted that all of the contenders recognise him as Lord Paramount of Scotland.

Before major construction could begin Judah traveled back to New York City to raise funds to buy out The Big Four.

Before pre-production could begin, Moe fell ill from lung cancer, and died three months later on May 4, 1975.

Before the expedition could begin this work Shackleton died of a heart attack while his ship, Quest, was moored in South Georgia.

Before the next breeding season, new sperm ampullae begin to form and ripen.

Before incubation, the females of all Bucerotinae — sometimes assisted by the male — begin to close the entrance to the nest cavity with a wall made of mud, droppings and fruit pulp.

Before 140 BC: Chinese begin extensive horse-breeding to support a proper cavalry.

Before he could reach the top, however, the massive stone would always roll back down, forcing him to begin again.

" Before the tour was scheduled to begin, Mulraney left the band and they were forced to use a drum machine.

Before construction could begin on the housing project, the local political climate changed greatly when Norris Poulson was elected mayor of Los Angeles in 1953.

Before construction of the projected aluminum-extrusion plant could begin, however, it became clear that the war would end soon and that the plant would not be needed.

Before long, however, she is shocked by the coarse manners of both the male and female factory workers, and the physical demands of the job, as well as the squalid factory conditions, begin to take their toll.

Before training can begin, the gelanggang must be prepared either by the teachers or senior students in a ritual called " opening the training area " ( buka gelanggang ).

Before consistent conservation efforts can begin, the seamounts of the world must first be mapped, a task that is still in progress.

Before the opening credits begin, a dedication to Yusuf Hawkins is shown, who was killed on August 23, 1989, in Bensonhurst, New York, by neighborhood folk who believed the youth was involved with a white girl in the neighborhood, though he was actually in the neighborhood to inquire about a used car for sale in the area.

Before long, Mitchell had gained enough experience to begin preparations for American air operations.

Before construction could begin, a road to the site had to be built.

Before the testing could begin, one of his brothers managed to acquire the charts.

Before 1896, Geysir was almost dormant before an earthquake that year caused eruptions to begin again, occurring several times a day, lasting up to an hour and causing spouts of up to 60 metres in height.

Before classes even begin in the fall, the freshmen class joins together with upperclassmen and university Regents for the Finucane Service Project as part of the Orientation program.

Prayers to Corellon, which are always in Elvish, begin " Hei-Corellon shar-shelevu ," which means, " Corellon, by your grace grant ..." Before battle, worshippers of Corellon recite a prayer called the Litany of Arrows.