Before this action, though, he had for the most part opted to continue the Whig policy of limited expansion, preferring to maintain the then-current borders as opposed to promoting expansion.

Before the war broke out, Poland entered into a full military alliance with Britain and France ; the western powers lacked the will to confront Nazi Germany and their ( false ) assurances of imminent military action were only intended as pressure applied to deter Hitler.

According to Richard Jeffrey, " Before the middle of the seventeenth century, the term ' probable ' ( Latin probabilis ) meant approvable, and was applied in that sense, univocally, to opinion and to action.

Before the fourth edition, skill and ability checks worked as follows: all actions in the game, from the use of skills to making attacks in combat, are first given a target number that reflects the difficulty of the action which is then raised or lowered by various modifying factors, such as environmental conditions, the condition of the character, the use of mechanical aids, and so forth.

Before going bankrupt, Palisades Toys was to release a line of deluxe series action figures, for adults, as part of Sesame Workshop's push to expand into retro products for teens and adults.

Before serving its complaint on Subway, Casey's voluntarily dismissed its action, ending the litigation.

Before he could become an active player, James the Fat died suddenly releasing James to prepare for decisive action against the Lordship.

Before leaving Happy Days in 1980, Howard made his directing debut with the 1977 low-budget comedy / action film Grand Theft Auto.

Before the infantry advanced, the artillery had been called into action.

Before the high court could make a decision, however, the Legislature took action on January 14, 1860, confirming the location of the county seat at Rolla.

Before the late 19th century, the concept of a world war would be the result of military action caused by quarrels between European powers which took place in fairly limited, though sometimes far-flung, theaters of conflict.

Before they can put their plan into action Cornelius reveals he has already escaped without their help.

Before considering the propagation of action potentials along axons and their termination at the synaptic knobs, it is helpful to consider the methods by which action potentials can be initiated at the axon hillock.

Other films have included the science fiction feature Gattaca ( 1997 ), the title role in Michael Almereyda's Hamlet ( 2000 ), the action thriller Assault on Precinct 13 ( 2005 ), and the crime drama Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ( 2007 ).

" Before he died, fellow conspirator Ambrose Rookwood said that he " loved and respected him as his own life ", while Catesby's friend, Father John Gerard, claimed he was " respected in all companies of such as are counted there swordsmen or men of action ", and that " few were in the opinions of most men preferred before him and he increased much his acquaintance and friends.

Before the receivership action, it was the sixth-largest bank in the United States.

Before the transaction performs its first action (), it is marked with the current timestamp, or any other strictly totally ordered sequence:.

In Harryhausen's films, model animated characters interact with, and are a part of, the live action world, with the idea that they will cease to call attention to themselves as " animation ", which is different from the more obviously " cartoony " and stylized approach in movies like Chicken Run and The Nightmare Before Christmas, etc.

Before 1974 all crimes and offences were prosecuted at the suit of ( after action taken by ) the Attorney General.

Before he returned, Nicholson's mother died in July of influenza and his brother Anthony Nicholson was killed in action.

* Death Before Dishonor, a 1987 American action movie

Before the American Civil War, the pitcher's role was to initiate the action by offering an underhanded throw to the batter, in much the same way that a basketball referee offers up a jump ball to begin play.

Before leaving India, he takes part in the assault on Gawilghur, commanding troops in action for the first time.

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.