Before finishing the musical, Lerner was eager to write while My Fair Lady was taking so long to complete.

Before finishing gymnasium, in 1850 Cui was sent to Saint Petersburg to prepare to enter the Chief Engineering School, which he did the next year at age 16.

Before finishing Democracy in America, Tocqueville believed that Beaumont's study of America would prove more comprehensive and penetrating.

Before the winter break, Hungary managed to beat the minnows of the group Malta thus finishing the fall part of the qualifying in fourth place with six points, mathematically still within striking distance of the leading trio.

Before finishing this difficult work, Samuel consulted Maimonides several times by letter regarding some difficult passages.

Before it, domestiques were not concerned with their finishing order.

Before this he played for Reading where he was on the losing side in the 1st Division Play-Offs despite finishing second overall ( which became an automatic promotion slot the following season ).

Before finishing his third term in the Assembly, Caldera resigned to begin serving as managing director and chief operating officer for President Bill Clinton's Corporation for National and Community Service ( 1997 – 1998 ), a domestic volunteer program.

Before finishing, a small ritual demonstration of Aikido, hōnō embu ( 奉納演武 ) is held.

Before Beuerlein's senior year, Faust resigned after five seasons of mediocrity, including a 30-26-1 record, only one bowl win in two appearances, and never finishing a season ranked.

Before finishing his studies, he also spent a short time in the Stična monastery in Lower Carniola.

Before finishing her studies, she even attracted the attention of Ingmar Bergman who cast her in his film Fanny and Alexander ( 1982 ), playing the nanny in the director's romanticised portrait of his childhood.

Before moving to F3 he drove in Formula Renault 2. 0 Italia in 2004, finishing 12th and top rookie.

He moved to race the USFF2000, having a lot of top 5's and finishing 3rd place at Indianapolis at the famous Night Before the 500, in 2001 he continued to race the USFF2000, having pole positions, several top 3's and victories, been the most important the one at the Night Before the 500 in Indianapolis, for 2002 Barber Dodge Pro Series, finishing 12th in the final standings, after his not very nice season in Barber Dodge, in 2003 he was hired in Mexico by Mopar to drive for the official team, winning the Neon Challenge Championship, in 2004 he only raced once at the F3 Winter Cup in Spain, having a great race, and fighting for the overall win at the rain with Nico Rosberg ( now in F1 ), he finished 3rd, and in 2005 returned to motorsport with the Spanish Formula Three Championship team ECA having a several pole positions and victories, he ended the season in 3rd place even though he started the season at the third race due to the lack of money to complete the whole season.

Before finishing his doctorate, he developed and published methods to detect antibodies with Dr Arthur Mourant and Dr Rob Race in 1945.

Before the fall of the former Yugoslavia, Pelister played in the final season of the Yugoslav First League finishing in 15th place.

Before the race started, there were several favourites: Lance Armstrong, after his 1999 Tour de France victory ; Jan Ullrich, having won the 1997 Tour de France, finishing second in the 1996 and 1998 tours, and not entering the 1999 Tour due to an injury ; and 1998 Tour winner Marco Pantani.

Before his stint in the booth for TNT, Petty had some significant on-track success, finishing 3rd in the Coca-Cola 600, his first top-5 Cup finish since 1997.

Before finishing the job, God fled when He detected the Saint of Killers approaching.

Before turning professional, Nystrom completed his final three seasons of college eligibility, finishing with 111 points in 160 career games, and serving as the Wolverines ' captain in his senior year of 2004 – 05.

Before the season, he was named the surprise successor to Weaver, finishing a legendary, 14½-season career as Baltimore's manager.

Before the development of silicon power rectifier diodes, cuprous oxide and later selenium was used ; its low efficiency gave it a much higher forward voltage drop ( typically 1. 4 to 1. 7 V per " cell ", with multiple cells stacked to increase the peak inverse voltage rating in high voltage rectifiers ), and required a large heat sink ( often an extension of the diode ’ s metal substrate ), much larger than a silicon diode of the same current ratings would require.

Before then, effectiveness of muzzleloaders was hindered by both the low reloading speed and, before the firing mechanism was perfected, the very high risk posed by the firearm to the person attempting to fire it.

Before 1750 the German upper classes looked to France for intellectual, cultural and architectural leadership ; French was the language of high society.

Before consolidation of many of these rural school districts in the last half of the twentieth century, Indiana high schools had fewer students than those of most other states ; basketball was a natural game for these schools since it only required five starters and a few reserves.

Before long, the Americo-Liberian ruling elite was living rather prosperously, sending their children to America for ( often racially segregated ) high school and college education, and keeping the indigenous peoples excluded from all political and economic leadership.

Before that, the vocal virtuosity, not range, was the priority, with soprano parts rarely extending above a high A ( Handel, for example, only wrote one role extending to a high C ), though the castrato Farinelli was alleged to possess a top D ( his lower range was also extraordinary, extending to tenor C ).

Before the high Middle Ages, several books were used at Mass: a Sacramentary with the prayers, one or more books for the Scriptural readings, and one or more books for the antiphons and other chants.

Before arranging this transfer, the physician should be certain that respiration is not affected, particularly in high spinal cord lesions.

Before nucleosynthesis began, the temperature was high enough for many photons to have energy greater than the binding energy of deuterium ; therefore any deuterium that is formed is immediately destroyed ( a situation known as the deuterium bottleneck ).

Sherman offered Grant an example from his own life, " Before the battle of Shiloh, I was cast down by a mere newspaper assertion of ' crazy ', but that single battle gave me new life, and I'm now in high feather.

Before the Industrial Revolution, the most common pressure measurement device was a hydrostatic manometer, which is not practical for measuring high pressures.

Before it reaches the sea, the river drops over a 12-foot high vertical weir called the Slaughterhouse Falls.

Before the 1880s mortality rates in lying-hospitals would reach unacceptably high levels and became an area of public concern.

Before becoming a judge, Marshall was a lawyer who was best known for his high success rate in arguing before the Supreme Court and for the victory in Brown v. Board of Education.

Before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492, the Taíno people populated the island which they called Quisqueya ( mother of all lands ) and Ayiti ( land of high mountains ), and which Columbus named Hispaniola, including the territory of today's Republic of Haiti.

Before the introduction of a vaccine, the mortality of the severe form of smallpox — variola major — was very high.

Before its destruction in 226 BC — due to an earthquake — the Colossus of Rhodes stood over 30 meters ( 107 ft ) high, making it one of the tallest statues of the ancient world.

Before the widespread use of a vaccine against measles, its incidence was so high that infection with measles was felt to be " as inevitable as death and taxes.

Before they board the train, Joe and Jerry have already noticed Sugar Kane ( Marilyn Monroe ), the band's vocalist and ukulele player, marveling over how she walks " like jello on springs ," as they struggle along in their high heels not at all sure they will be able to " pass " as women.

Before high school, David Byrne already knew how to play the guitar, accordion, and violin.

* @ Toon ( 2001 – 2004 ): Before each first commercial break for most of the shows, the block featured some viewer submissions and game high scores from the official website.

Before his 22nd birthday, he had set many records for high scoring, some of which still stand, and became Australia's sporting idol at the height of the Great Depression.

Before graduating from high school he had written four novels, one of which was a 70, 000 word romance about Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange.