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.

This act is commonly criticized by modern cartoonists including Watterson and Pearls Before Swines Stephan Pastis.

The constitution act stipulates that: " Before assuming office, a person appointed to be Governor shall take the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance and the Oath or Affirmation of Office in the presence of the Chief Justice or another Judge of the Supreme Court.

Before recording, Parsons and Harris played a preliminary three show mini-tour as the headline act in a Warner Brothers country-rock package.

Before she could act, a mob stormed the jail where he was held and killed him.

Before this act, parents claiming tax deductions were on the honor system not to lie about the number of children they supported.

Before the RTAA, if Congress wanted to establish a lower tariff for particular imports, it would act unilaterally, taking the foreign country ’ s tariff rate as fixed.

Before he could commit the act, Urania had killed him with her ceremonial knife.

Before their act there was only the sea and the crocodilian earthmonster called Cipactli.

Before the king could act, Jutland's noble families raised their own army and marched west of Aalborg to meet Reventlow's forces.

Before Hickel could act, however, several Alaska Native and conservation groups asked a judge in Washington, D. C. to issue an injunction against the project continuing.

Before its dissolution parliament passed an act imposing a profit tax of 10 % on diamond-and copper-mining companies earning over £ 50, 000 per annum, and another act establishing an agricultural credit bank.

Its first two singles " Don't Take It Personal " and " Before You Walk out of My Life " made her the youngest recording act to ever have two consecutive chart-topping hits on the US Billboard Top R & B Singles chart.

Before the grand jury could act, they were dismissed for interfering in matters of state.

Before the official publication date, local publisher / bookseller William Doxey, intrigued by the first number, agreed to act as official publisher of the venture.

Before he could act on it, he was dismissed from the Cabinet and, in response, resigned his memberships in the Congress Party and the Lok Sabha.

* Before being interviewed as a well-known comedian in his own right, Peter Kay was once a warm-up act for the Parkinson studio audience.

Before being able to act as pilot in command ( PIC ) a pilot must have completed a flight review within the previous 24 calendar months.

Before the Legislature could act, the Oklahoma Supreme Court intervened to the benefit of Johnston.

Before he could act on this suggestion, Howe suffered a heart attack and died at his home on 31 December 1960.

Before 1956, although no permanent post of chairman existed, the three service chiefs took it in turn to act as chairman at meetings.

After a breath-taking counterpoint section of all three we end the act with a jubilant reprise of " Before the Parade Passes By.

Before the Act, only one million of the five million adult males in England and Wales could vote ; the act doubled that number.

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