Before the work of Lyell, phenomena such as earthquakes were understood by the destruction that they brought.

Before returning upriver and across the mountains, Thompson hired Naukane, a Native Hawaiian laborer brought to Fort Astoria by the Pacific Fur Company's ship Tonquin.

Before the Prussians and their neighbors to the west, the Pomeranians, were finally brought to heel, Polish rulers and the Duchy of Masovia, both by then Christianised peoples, would be continually frustrated in their aims at northern expansion.

Before his first visit to England in 1834, the labours of Hugh Miller and other geologists brought to light the remarkable fish of the Old Red Sandstone of the northeast of Scotland.

Before its establishment, Rulers were immune from any proceedings brought against them in their personal capacity.

Before the 1999 season Kerry Collins was brought in to help the team.

Before about 1700, people generally brought their own spoons to the table.

Before the game begins, we are told that Julie has previously killed a tyrant and " would-be God " named Lord Tyler ( during the events of Heavy Metal 2000 ), and brought the remnant of her people to a planet called Eden.

Until 1960, another feast day which appeared in the General Roman Calendar is that of " St John Before the Latin Gate " on May 6, celebrating a tradition recounted by Jerome that St John was brought to Rome during the reign of the Emperor Domitian, and was thrown in a vat of boiling oil, from which he was miraculously preserved unharmed.

Until 1960, another feast day which appeared in the General Roman Calendar is that of " St John Before the Latin Gate " on May 6, celebrating a tradition recounted by Jerome that St John was brought to Rome during the reign of the Emperor Domitian, and was thrown in a vat of boiling oil, from which he was miraculously preserved unharmed.

In the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas ( 1994 ) Jack Skellington asks to see Santa Claus in Halloween Town, but he is mistakenly brought the Easter Bunny.

Before the advent of modern pipes, water was brought from an outdoor source such as wells, pumps or springs.

Former Easterhouse guitarist Ivor Perry was brought in to replace Marr, and the band recorded some new material with him which was never completed, including an early version of " Bengali in Platforms " that was originally intended as the B-side of " Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before ".

Before the end of the year, the 7th Bombardment Group, commanded by Major Carl A. Spaatz, brought its Curtiss B-2 Condor and Keystone B-3A bombers to the airfield.

Before Christmas Eve, Mohr brought the words to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the church service.

Before trial he was brought before the Council and urged to confess who had incited him to commit the murder.

The 1940s brought us Before I Hang ( 1940 ), Black Friday ( 1940 ), Dr. Cyclops ( 1940 ), The Devil Commands ( 1941 ), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ( 1941 ), Man Made Monster ( 1941 ), It Happened Tomorrow ( 1944 ), It Happens Every Spring ( 1949 ), and The Perfect Woman ( 1949 ).

Before the completion of the record, the band brought in Tom Gomes to play drums as Dutkiewicz moved to the empty guitar position.

Before he can clear up the situation, he is shoved into a car and brought " home ".

Before the reign of David I ( 1124 – 53 ) brought Norman and Anglo-French culture to the court, the Scots possessed a flourishing literary elite who regularly produced texts in both Gaelic and Latin that were frequently transmitted to Ireland and elsewhere.

Before returning to Tokyo, he offered $ 100 for any live Iriomote cat and $ 30 for dead cats that were brought to him.

Before the sea retreated the river was part of a large estuary along which ships brought wine casks to the town of New Winchelsea.

Before she dies she touches William Stryker, telling him to walk until his feet bleed ( he is seen later having done just that, only stopping by some military officers when he is brought in to be questioned about the murder of General Munson ).

Before most of the firefighting resources could be brought to the scene, the fire had established a large perimeter.

Before being daughter, wife, or mother, before being cultured ( a word now bereft both socially and politically of the sheen you children of frontiersmen bestowed on it ), before being sorry for the poor, progressive about public health, and prettily if somewhat imprecisely humanitarian, indeed first and foremost, you were a lady.

Before the airplanes came, he said, travel in Laos was just about impossible.

Before her chore was finished she was rescuing wind-blown sheets of music, trundling microphones about the stage, helping to move the piano and otherwise joining in the informal atmosphere.

In a glowing review for his " Consumer Guide " column published by The Village Voice, Robert Christgau wrote: " Before minstrelsy scholar Eric Lott gets too excited about having his title stolen.

Before this discovery, it is widely believed that bricks appeared about 3000 years ago in the Western Zhou dynasty since the earliest bricks were found in Western Zhou ruins.

Before the 1911 reform, the multiplication of saints ' festivals, with practically the same festal psalms, tended to repeat the about one-third of the Psalter, with a correspondingly rare recital of the remaining two-thirds.

Before the attacks, Cantor handled about one-quarter of the daily transactions in the multi-trillion dollar treasury security market.

Before that, it was about 7 censuses, most part of these previous censuses was undertaken during Soviet ( USSR ) control.

Before she leaves she sternly notes that her daughter will not disclose any information whatsoever about her family, past, or herself and that Carmilla is of sound mind.

Before accepting a role as a villain in Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, Henry Fonda called Wallach and asked " What the hell does he know about the West?

Before production of the film began, Coppola went to his mentor Roger Corman for advice about shooting in the Philippines, since Corman had filmed several pictures there.

Before Montag can finish, Mildred gets a call from her friends about coming over to watch The White Clown on the parlor walls.

" What To Do about Greenhouse Warming: Look Before You Leap ", Cosmos, Volume 5, No. 2, Summer 1992.

Before the discoveries, the only source of information about Hittites had been the Old Testament ( see Biblical Hittites ).

Later on 1 May, Vice-Admiral Hans-Erich Voss saw Goebbels for the last time: " Before the breakout the bunker began, about ten generals and officers, including myself, went down individually to Goebbels's shelter to say goodbye.

Before the Congress opened on 13 June, negotiations between Andrássy and the British Foreign Secretary Marquess of Salisbury had already " ended on 6 June by Britain agreeing to all the Austrian proposals relative to Bosnia-Herzegovina about to come before the congress while Austria would support British demands.

Before this time many people did not speak about their concerns because of the lack of bodies.

Its landscape was shaped by the glaciers of the last Ice Age, which retreated about 25, 000 – 22, 000 years BP ( Before Present ).

Before the Mariner 4 spacecraft arrived at Mars in July 1965 and dispelled some of the more exotic theories about the planet, the conventional image of Mars was shaped by the observations of the astronomers Giovanni Schiaparelli and Percival Lowell.

Fossilized leaves of Olea were found in the palaeosols of the volcanic Greek island of Santorini ( Thera ) and were dated about 37, 000 Before Present ( BP ).

Before 1152 the seaward extension of today's delta, about, did not exist.

* Read Before Burning: Arm's length government for a new administration-report by the Institute for Government about the quango landscape

Before the 1997 war, about 15, 000 Europeans and other non-Africans lived in Congo, most of whom were French.

Before this, he had set about fashioning the expedition according to his own preferences, without the restraints of a joint committee.

For men to sing about very emotional things ... Before that no one would do it.