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.

Before large-scale integration ( LSI ) UART integrated circuits were common, a minicomputer or microcomputer would have a serial port made of multiple small-scale integrated circuits to implement shift registers, logic gates, counters, and all the other logic for a serial port.

Before 1910 the city boasted a church, three grain elevators, a hardware store, two mercantile stores, a butcher shop, bank, machine shop, implement shop, blacksmith shop, pool hall, lumberyard, and a hotel, which also housed the barber shop, saloon, and post office.

Before McClellan could implement his plans, the Confederate forces under General Joseph E. Johnston withdrew from their positions before Washington, assuming new positions south of the Rappahannock, which completely nullified the Urbanna strategy.

Before he could fully implement party reforms, Rockwell was assassinated on August 25, 1967 by disgruntled follower, John Patler.

Before convening any general council to discuss their measures, the Renovationists began to implement radical reforms aimed at what they perceived to be the interests of the married clergy.

Before that, the game developers were required to implement their own audio rendering engine in software.

Before he can implement this, he is subdued by the brainwashed guardian of the Egg, the female New Warriors member Silhouette.

Before he had a chance to implement this, the Japanese under Major General Tomitaro Horii attacked the 39th at Isurava on 26 August.

Before the war ended, Britain made two concerted efforts to implement the Act, one in May 1916 after the Easter Rising and again during 1917 – 1918, but during the Irish Convention the Irish sides ( Nationalist, Unionist ) were unable to agree on terms for the temporary or permanent exclusion of Ulster from its provisions.

Before we comment further on these pathological conditions, we should remember that changes in the state of the hypothalamus within physiological limits distinguish sleep from wakefulness.

However, the episode " Flashes Before Your Eyes " suggests that minor changes are possible, unlike the totally fixed timeline postulated by Novikov's principle: in this episode Desmond's consciousness time travels back to a point in his past, where he ends up in a bar, where he remembers ( from his previous experience of this time ) a man named Jimmy Lennon entering and attacking the bartender ; in his attempt to warn the bartender, he himself gets attacked instead.

Before the 1940s minor changes occurred in the uniform.

Before the film's release, Warner showed a preview cut to U. S. President Richard Nixon, who recommended substantial changes, including the removal of two songs that struck him as veiled criticisms of the ongoing Vietnam War.

Before long, Hacker begins to notice that Civil Service tactics are preventing his planned changes being put into practice.

Before the boundaries between the two Carolinas were fixed ( several changes took place between 1772 and 1805 ), the northern portion of York County was part of Bladen County, North Carolina, and in 1750 it was included in the newly created Anson County, North Carolina ( the first land grants and deeds for the region were issued in Anson ).

Before the light changes to green, each occupant gets out, runs around the vehicle, and gets back inside ( but not necessarily in his or her original seat ).

Before the incorporation and street name changes, Dormont actually had three designated " streets ": Beech St. ( Dwight Ave .), Sycamore St. ( Philadelphia Ave .), and Sylvester St. ( Texas Ave .).

Before the boundary changes of the 1890s, the boundary between Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire ran along the middle of Melbourn Street.

Before Betancourt's changes in the taxing system, the state of Venezuela was making only a fraction of what foreign oil companies were making in profit.

Before these New Monarchies were formed there were many changes the new monarchs had to make: including weakening powerful rivals, increasing revenue, unifying the country, and strengthening the power of the king and his bureaucracy.

Before and during the changes of ownership, the ski area underwent major changes.

Before the changes of 1888, Holland had, since probably the tenth century, been divided into three wapentakes of Elloe, Kirton and Skirbeck.

Before the changes, the licenciatura diploma ( 4 to 6-year course ) was required for those applicants who wished to undertake ( the old ) master's and / or doctorate programs but admission were only allowed for licenciatura degree owners with grades over 14 ( out of 20 ).

Before staring work on the album, the band was faced with multiple line-up changes.

Before boundary changes in 1974, it was in the county of Staffordshire.

Before his elevation to the Lords, Archer was the Member of Parliament for Rowley Regis and Tipton and for Warley West, being first elected in the 1966 general election ; he represented the later seat from February 1974 after boundary changes.

Before Amtrak's formation in 1971, the train was operated by the Illinois Central Railroad along the same route ( though changes have been made since then ).

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany ( see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II ).

Before each offering and sale is actually made, the company must file a relatively short statement regarding material changes in its business and finances since the shelf prospectus was filed.

Before talking about motion successfully we must be able to describe accurately a fluid particles position in space, which changes as the particles moves.

Before long however the British Fascists began to advocate a more authoritarian government in which the monarch would take a leading role in government as well as advocating the establishment of a Benito Mussolini style corporate state, policy changes made possible by the departure of Blakeney, who was committed to representative democracy and whose main economic opinion was opposition to the gold standard.

Before the Olson brothers made the changes to the rollerblades, they were difficult to put on, the wheels got damaged easily, and the brakes were insufficient.