Before his departure, a group of his friends, the Reverend Stidger among them, had given him a luncheon, and Stidger had seen advance sheets of Elmer Gantry.

Before his departure from the city of Split, he had made over to the Templars the Castle of Klis, a strategic point in the hinterland of Split which controlled the approaches to the town.

Before his departure for Rome, his friends had applied to the Venetian senate for a pension, to enable him to pursue his studies without embarrassment.

Before their departure, the ship of the commander Belisarius was anchored in front of the Imperial palace, and the Patriarch offered prayers for the success of the enterprise.

Before the departure of British colonial rule and the subsequent independence of Pakistan, the population of the city included Hindus and Sikhs, but the community is still present numbering around 250, 000 residents.

Before his departure, various honours were conferred on him, including the freedom of the city of Geneva.

Agnes Mongan has written of the portrait drawings: Before his departure in the fall of 1806 from Paris for Rome, the familiar characteristics of his drawing style were well established, the delicate yet firm contour, the definite yet discreet distortions of form, the almost uncanny capacity to seize a likeness in the precise yet lively delineation of features. The preferred materials were also already established: the sharply pointed graphite pencil on a smooth white paper.

Before his departure, Kilmer had contracted with publishers to write a book about the war, deciding upon the title Here and There with the Fighting Sixty-Ninth.

Before his departure for Rome in December 1857, Bizet's prize cantata was performed at the Académie to an enthusiastic reception.

Before the Governor's departure, he and the colonists had agreed that a message would be carved into a tree if they had moved and would include an image of a Maltese Cross if the decision was made by force.

Before their departure, Evelyn meets Rafe and reveals that she is pregnant with Danny's child, although she doesn't want Danny to know so he can focus on the upcoming mission.

Before his departure, he asked the widowed Queen Olga to become regent until Constantine's return.

Before departure the engineer informed the pilot of the problem and confirmed that the tanks would have to be verified with a floatstick.

Before signalling the departure, a whistle is blown by the Guard at least couple minutes before, as a warning to the passengers to quickly board the train.

Before his departure for Thonburi, the King conferred honours and distinction on those who had contributed to success of his campaign.

Before his departure, Park gave to Isaaco, a Mandingo guide who had been with him thus far, letters to take back to Gambia for transmission to Britain.

Before their departure from the rendezvous in the forest, many had seen rows of bodies already hanging from the branches of nearby trees.

Before her departure, Isidoro gave her a small statue to protect her.

Before Andros ' departure for England, the dominion was effectively dissolved, with colonial governments replaced by that of the dominion returning to power.

Before her departure she was affiliated with The Hurricane and Rosey and nicknamed " Super Stacy.

" Before he had settled into his new printing office on Gay Street, Brownlow had become embroiled in a war of words with Knoxville Register editor John Miller McKee that lasted until McKee's departure in 1855.

" Before departure Pierre is described as going back and forth in deciding whether he is going on the fishing trip or not.

Before departure, two mechanical keys of ten bits each were inserted into the shown reader.

Before her departure, she had already begun to show signs of dark side tendencies that rose from the loss of Anakin.

Before Yan could fight back, he was struck down by Guan.

Before the soldiers could lay hands on him, Guan had drawn his sword and killed those near him.

Before the Three Kingdoms formed, one of the three emperors Liu Bei used to be the chief of the county, together with his fellows Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Before leaving, Zhang Liang presented Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng with a pair of jade pieces.

But with the addition of bass-player Jimmy Yu ( of Mike's former band Death Before Dishonor, which eventually evolved into Supertouch ) and drummer " Lukey " Luke Abbey ( Warzone / Gorilla Biscuits ), they got together a fully functional live line-up.

* Death Before Dishonour – Mike Ferraro ( musician ), Jimmy Yu

Before Xiang Yu died, he saw an old friend Lü Matong among the Han soldiers.

Before he departed, Yu was instructed to travel to Ye to pay his respects at Cao Cao's tomb.

Before Cao led the main army to the frontline, Yue was assigned several thousand soldiers to reinforce Yu Jin at Yan Ford ( 延津 ; north of modern-day Yanjin, Henan ).

Before they reached Minyue, however, the Minyue king was assassinated by his younger brother Yu Shan, who promptly surrendered.

Before its development, a multitude of licensed video games based on Yu Yu Hakusho were released in Japan during the anime television series ’ original airing.

Before his escape, Liu Bang gave Zhang Liang a pair of jade tablets and a pair of jade measuring cups, telling him to present them to Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng respectively.

Before he dies of his wounds, he reveals to his superiors that four prominent members of society – a government minister, a peer, a general and a famous scientist – are involved in the cult, led by Chin Yang ( Barbara Yu Ling ).

Before he made that retreat, he telephoned Earl Blackman in Kansas City and asked him to come to Europe with him.

Before losing itself in the sands of the 19th Century, the grand stream of Italian Renaissance architectural decoration made a last appearance in the Brumidi frescos of the Capitol Rotunda in Washington.

Before adjournment Monday afternoon, the Senate is expected to approve a study of the number of legislators allotted to rural and urban areas to determine what adjustments should be made.

Before the 20th century, most manufactured products were made individually by hand.

Before the adoption of carbon fibre composite, racquets were made of light metals such as aluminium.

Before this time bricks were generally made close to their point of intended use.

Before being shot, Dragutin Dimitrijević made a written confession to the court that he had ordered Rade Malobabić to organize the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

Before 1910 the difficulty of harmonizing the Proprium de Tempore and the Proprium Sanctorum, to which reference has been made, was only partly met in the thirty-seven chapters of general rubrics.

Carbon 14 dating of a cave at Laang Spean in northwest Cambodia reveals people who made pots were living in Cambodia as early as 4200 BCE ( Before the Common Era ).

Before Maimonides concluded this, Sunni Muslims officially prohibited mutah ( i. e. temporary marriage ) relationships ; some commentators ' suggest that Maimonides changed his view in response to this development, similar to Gershom ben Judah's ban on polygamy being made after Christians had prohibited it.

After 350, 000 BP ( Before Present ) the more refined so-called Levallois technique was developed, a series of consecutive strikes, by which scrapers, slicers (" racloirs "), needles, and flattened needles were made.

Before that rule change, a forward pass had to be made from 5 or more yards behind the line of scrimmage.

Before he was forced abroad for political reasons, director Jules Dassin made two classic noirs that also straddled the major / independent line: Brute Force ( 1947 ) and the influential documentary-style The Naked City were developed by producer Mark Hellinger, who had an " inside / outside " contract with Universal similar to Wanger's.

Before unification, German territory was made up of 27 constituent states.

Before the Dodd-Frank Act made registration mandatory for hedge fund advisers with more than US $ 150 million in assets under management, hedge funds were primarily regulated through their managers or advisers, under the anti-fraud provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

Before he made this change, however, he set to work on his last major project as active partner: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

Before he died, Rabbeinu HaKadosh said: ‘ I need my sons !… Let the lamp continue to burn in its usual place ; let the table be set in its usual place ; let the bed be made in its usual place .” ( Kesubbos / Ketubot 103a )

Before the widespread availability of incendiary ammunition made commerce raiding too risky, they would also land or hover close to a merchant ship suspected of carrying contraband, order all ship's hands to leave in boats, then inspect the ship, and either destroy it or take it back to Germany as prize.

Before the French and Spanish occupation of Morocco, which started in 1912, the country's defence force was made of a regular Makhzen army, and of a less organized but much more powerful Berber tribes ' militias.

Before they went metric, one Swedish mile was 10, 688 metres and a Norwegian mile was 11, 295 metres, so only a small change had to be made to the old mile to make them equal to one myriametre.

Before his death, Meher Baba had made extensive preparations for a public darshan program to be held in Poona ( now Pune ), India.

Before the release of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Professor Griff, in his role as Minister of Information, gave interviews to UK magazines on behalf of Public Enemy, during which he made homophobic and anti-Semitic remarks.

Before his election as Pope, he served as Bishop of Caere, which made his election controversial, because, at this stage of history, a bishop was expected never to leave office to move to another see.

Before the Han Dynasty ( 202 BC – 220 AD ), Chinese ploughs were made almost entirely of wood, except the iron blade of the ploughshare.