Before beginning the construction, the vertex figure ABCD is obtained by cutting each connected edge at ( in this case ) its midpoint.

Before railway construction on the Continent demanded huge quantities of maleable iron mainly for rails, for which low quality iron sufficed, Wallonia was the only Continental region to follow the British model successfully.

Before the days of blinking electrically lighted road barriers, highway construction zones were marked at night by kerosene fired, pot-bellied torches.

Before construction of the Panama Canal, a stagecoach line owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt's Accessory Transit Company connected the lake with the Pacific across the low hills of the narrow Isthmus of Rivas.

Before the construction of the North Portico, most public events were entered from the South Lawn, which was graded and planted by Thomas Jefferson.

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

Before the advent of VLSI devices, TTL integrated circuits were a standard method of construction for the processors of mini-computer and mainframe processors ; such as the DEC VAX and Data General Eclipse, and for equipment such as machine tool numerical controls, printers and video display terminals.

Before the construction of several tunnels and modern roads that now connect it to Fujisawa, Ofuna and Zushi, on land it could be entered only through narrow artificial passes, among which the seven most important were called, a name sometimes translated as " Kamakura's Seven Mouths ".

Before 1976 the federal tax code favored new construction rather than the reuse of existing, sometimes historical, structures.

Before printed circuits ( and for a while after their invention ), point-to-point construction was used.

Before the construction of Waterloo International terminal in 1990, the vehicles were hoisted individually by the Armstrong lift outside the north wall of Waterloo main line station.

Before the construction of the current Teatro Colón, opera performances were given in several theatres, of which the first Teatro Colón and the Teatro Opera were the most important.

Before the construction of the Clarendon Building, the presses were in the basement of the Sheldonian Theatre, and the compositors could not work when the Theatre was in use for ceremonies.

Before the coming of the mine with construction starting in 1981 the Wopkaimin lived in a subsistence economy.

Before the war a number of 1930s council housing blocks were added to the stock, but it was after the war, partly as result of bomb site redevelopment, that the council housing boom really got into its stride, reaching its peak in the 1960s with the construction of several extensive estates, both by the Metropolitan Borough of Islington and the London County Council.

Before achieving success with his music, Gira worked many jobs in construction and demolition.

Before construction of the Unisphere, three piles were tested for structural integrity and all were found to be sound throughout their entire length.

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 the construction of I-90, the city was served by U. S. Route 10, which runs through downtown.

Before the construction of the Betuweroute Highspeed Railway, thorough soil research was performed in 1997.

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 completion of the construction, SAC activated the 351st Strategic Missile Wing at Whiteman on Feb. 1, 1963.

Before the construction of Fort Johnston, British settlements along the Carolina coast lacked fortifications to protect them against pirates and privateers, and numerous Spanish attackers exploited this weakness.

Before the post office was established in 1912, Reedsport was a camp for railroad construction workers.

Before its construction, according to local legend, court was held in a flea-infested abandoned stable.

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Before departing Canada, Sapir had a short affair with Margaret Mead, Benedict's protégé at Columbia.

Before 1841, the territory roughly corresponding to Southern Ontario in Canada belonged to the British colony of the Province of Upper Canada, while the southern portion of Quebec and the Labrador region of Newfoundland and Labrador belonged to the colony of the Province of Lower Canada ( until 1809, when Labrador was transferred to the colony of Newfoundland ).

Before World War I, the title was used only in federated colonies in which each of the previously constituent colonies of these federated colonies already had a Governor, namely Canada, Australia, and the Union of South Africa.

Before the rule change, Canada submitted one film in a different language — Atanarjuat ( 2001 ), shot in Inuktitut.

Before the invasion, the Fenians had received some intelligence from like-minded supporters within Canada but did not receive support from all Irish Catholics there who saw the invasions as threatening the emerging Canadian sovereignty.

Before Heard's death, he had been included on the Legacy II sampler from Windham Hill's High Street label, and was nearly finalizing a mainstream contract with Bruce Cockburn's label, True North Records in Canada.

Before the 1990s, the schools for the area were Canada Consolidated School and Cullowhee High School, both closed in the 1980s.

The lead single from the album " Before You " became a huge radio hit in Canada and she performed the single on the 2000 Juno Awards, where she won two awards for Best Adult / Pop Album and Best Female Artist.

Before that and since then, YTV has served as a de facto outlet for Nickelodeon's programming in Canada, and also brands a Sunday morning block called Nickelodeon Sundays.

Before moving to Canada, Nielsen taught at New York University ( NYU ).

Before the decisive game six of the series, Gilmour kissed and shook hands with Hockey Night in Canada commentator Don Cherry for good luck ; Cherry, who also hails from Kingston, affectionately called his favourite player " Dougie ".

Before leaving, she undertook a journey to the depths of the Indian settlements in Canada ; she explored Lake Huron, and saw much of emigrant and aboriginal life unknown to colonial travellers.

Before the land was officially transferred to Canada, McDougall sent out surveyors to plot the land according to the square township system used in Ontario.

Before 1986, some of the congregations that form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada were part of the ELCA's predecessor churches.

Before European settlers came to what is now Canada, the region was occupied by a large number of Aboriginal peoples, including the West Coast Salish and Haida, the centrally located Iroquois, Blackfoot and Huron, the Inuit and Dene people to the North, and the Innu and Mi ' kmaq in the East.

Before the 1950s, the department store held an eminent place in both Canada and Australia, during both the Great Depression and World War II.

Before seriously embarking upon his medical studies, Lever visited Canada as an unqualified surgeon on an emigrant ship, and has drawn upon some of his experiences in Con Cregan, Arthur O ' Leary and Roland Cashel.

Before becoming a member of the federal parliament of Canada, Duceppe worked as a hospital orderly and later became a trade union negotiator.

Before the mid-1980s, most " bars " were referred to simply as pubs ; the word " tavern " was never prevalent in Canada.

Before settling in another businesses, contributors to the development of the Svet kompjutera were the following individuals: Stanko Popović ( working independently in computer business ), Stanko Stojiljković ( editor in Ekspres daily newspaper ), Sergej Marcenko ( marketing editor in political weekly magazine NIN ), Andrija Kolundžić ( working independently in computer business in Tokyo, Japan ), Aleksandar Radovanovic ( working at the University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa ), Voja Antonić, Dragoslav Jovanović ( working at the Belgrade University ), Jovan Puzovic ( working at the Belgrade University ), Nenad Balint ( working in IT company in United Kingdom ), Aleksandar Petrović ( manager of a software company in Canada ), Dalibor Lanik ( working as a programmer in Czech Republic ) and many others.

Before 2011, A & W ( besides Canada ), was a Yum!

Before the subsidy was imposed, the United States and Canada agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding that created a phased tariff.

Before the 1982 Act came into effect, the British North America Act, 1867 ( now known as the Constitution Act, 1867 ) had been the supreme law of Canada.