Before his elevation to the Roman episcopacy, a difference in dating the celebration of the Christian Passover / Easter between Rome and the bishops of Asia Minor had been tolerated by both the Roman and Eastern churches.

Before his elevation to the papacy, Sinibaldo was Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church ( 1226 – 27 ), being created Cardinal Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina on 18 September 1227 by Pope Gregory IX, later serving as governor of the March of Ancona from 1235 until 1240.

Before his retirement, however, Zeng used his political strength to secure the elevation of Xi Jinping into the Politburo Standing Committee.

Before the elevation of John Quincy Adams to the presidency in 1825, the Democratic-Republican Party, which had been the only national American political party for over a decade, began to fracture, losing its infrastructure and identity.

Before land elevation made the canals unnecessary, spring floods was a serious problem often forcing the reconstruction of bridges and other structures, but by the 17th century the first canal was scrapped, the second when the Parliament Building was built in the early 20th century.

Before this elevation was integral part of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Before his elevation to the peerage, Denison had represented Canterbury in Parliament.

Before his elevation to the peerage, Blyth had been created a Baronet, of Chelmsford in the County of Essex, in 1895.

Before his elevation to the peerage, Borwick had been created a Baronet, of Eden Lacy in the County of Lancaster, in 1916.

Before his elevation to the peerage, Nall-Cain had been created a baronet, of the Node, in 1921.

Before his elevation to the peerage, Cawley had been created a Baronet, of Prestwich in the County Palatine of Lancaster, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, in 1906.

Before his elevation to the peerage, he had been created a baronet, of Tylney in the County of Southampton, on 29 January 1924.

Before her elevation to the Peerage she was known as Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, DCMG.

Before its destruction in 1967, the village of Imwas was located at the end of the Ayalon Valley, on the border of the hill country of Judah, at 153 stadia ( 18. 6 miles ) from Jerusalem via the Kiryat Yearim Ridge Route, 161 stadia ( 19. 6 miles ) via the Beth-Horon Ridge Route and lower by elevation.

Before his elevation to the papacy, Alexander VI's passion for Vannozza somewhat diminished, and she subsequently led a very retired life.

Before his elevation to the peerage he had represented Hedon and York in the House of Commons.

Before then, the permanent members of the Committee were joined by four Law Lords named by the Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.

Before then, the last Secretary of State for a major department drawn from the Lords was Lord Young of Graffham, serving between 1985 and 1989 as Secretary of State for Employment until 1987 and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry until 1989.

Before 1801, Irish peers were those who had the right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, but after the Union in 1801, they elected just twenty-eight representative peers to the House of Lords at Westminster.

Before the Act of Union of 1800, which united the Kingdom of Ireland with the Kingdom of Great Britain to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, there was also a Black Rod in the Irish House of Lords.

Before the passing of the Peerage Act 1963, which granted all Scottish peers a seat in the House of Lords, the Marquesses of Huntly sat in the House of Lords in virtue of their junior title of Baron Meldrum, which was in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Before the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, the Marquess sat in the House of Lords as Baron Kenlis in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Before the granting of Royal Assent, the Lords had adopted a Standing Order making provision for the election of peers.

Before 1801, the few Irish peers that existed had their own House of Lords in Ireland.

Before that a member of the House of Lords sometimes took on the role, although often there was no overall Leader of the Opposition.

Before the recent reform of the House of Lords, all peers were ( potentially ) members of the House of Lords, and all were Lords Temporal in this sense.

Before each day's sitting of the House of Lords, the Lord Speaker forms part of a procession that marches from the Lord Speaker's residence to the Lords Chamber.

Before returning to the Court of Appeal as Master of the Rolls, Denning, for a time, was a member of the judicial committee of the House of Lords, taking the title Baron Denning of Whitchurch.

The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself: Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral and Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator: to Which Is Added, Not in Any Other Edition, an Examination Before the British House of Lords Respecting the Stamp Act.

Before the battle of Flodden, Sir Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, was at this village, on Monday, 5 September, 1513 ; where all the noblemen and gentlemen met him with their retinues, to the number of 26, 000 men, among whom were Lords Clifford, Coniers, Ogle, Scroope, and Lumley, Sir William Percy, Lionel Percy, Sir George Darcy, Sir William Bulmer, of Brancepeth Castle, in the county of Durham, and Richard Tempest.

Before posting to the Enterprise, Sato taught linguistics in Brazil ; it is not known whether she was an active Starfleet officer or was reactivated to serve under Jonathan Archer.

Before season 2008, the Archer-Hird Medal was created honouring Hird and former North Melbourne Football Club star Glenn Archer.

Before he can, Phlox presents Archer and Sato to him — mostly restored.

Before dying, Daniels requests Captain Archer to stop Vosk and his band from building the conduit to take them back into their time, where they will become even more dangerous.

Before the First H. A. R. M Incident ( The Operative ), Archer mainly dealt with minor unnoted assignments.

Before leaving, Archer gives Riann medicine to cure the afflicted Akaali.

Before the Draft Act was passed Baker had confidentially briefed governors, sheriffs, and prospective draft board members on the administration of the measure -- and the confidence was kept so well that only one newspaper learned what was going on.

Before the fight was over, the Harlem boy had a concussion and Trig was cut up badly.

Before he left the apartment he knocked on their door and asked if there was anything he could do for them.

Before he left town Pat saw to it that I was fixed up with a job.

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

Before coming on a visit to Spelman in 1885, Miss Mary had been a successful teacher in Worcester, and her position there was held open for her for a considerable period.

Before he was forty Griffith had created the art of the film.

Before appealing to the U.N. or to Russia, he first appealed to the U.S. for military help, and was rejected.

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.

Before ASCII was developed, the encodings in use included 26 alphabetic characters, 10 numerical digits, and from 11 to 25 special graphic symbols.

Before Europeans discovered other oceans, the term " ocean " itself was synonymous with the waters beyond the Strait of Gibraltar that we now know as the Atlantic.

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 1989 series began, the win-loss ratio was almost even, with 87 wins for Australia to England's 86, 74 having been drawn.

Before the late modern era, the abbot was treated with the utmost reverence by the brethren of his house.

Before the creation of the world, God was all by Himself, in a Self-absorbed state.

Before the Tennessee electorate voted on secession, Johnson, at his peril, toured the state, speaking in opposition to the measure, contending it was unconstitutional.

Before his death, he was absolved from the excommunication ; moreover, the Pope also promised that the King of Hungary and his relatives would not be excommunicated without the special permission of the Pope.

Before the 2007 season began, Vick was suspended indefinitely by the NFL after pleading guilty to charges involving dog fighting in the state of Virginia.

Before the War, Paul was a creative, sensitive, and passionate person, writing poems and having a clear love for his family.

Before the war Tjaden was a locksmith.