Before long the atmosphere reverted to its old normalcy, and insects hummed and birds occasionally called.

Before them stalked the beadle, proclaiming as he went, `` Thus the Council deals with those who break its laws -- adulterers, thieves, murderers, and lewd persons.

Before you let loose a howl saying we announced its coming, not once but several times, indeed we did.

Before this, many of its families were assigned to the old order Liliales: a very large order containing almost all monocots with colourful tepals and without starch in their endosperm.

Before its adoption as Australia's national anthem, Advance Australia Fair saw considerable use elsewhere.

Before the production closed it recouped its initial investment.

" Before this, he had published several works on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and its consequences, but his literary capacity was mediocre, his style stiff and cold, and it was his personal character rather than his reputation as a writer that earned him the confidence of the elector.

Before the early 18th century, the East India Company paid for its tea mainly in silver.

Before its merger with HP, it also sponsored the Williams Formula One team when it was still powered by BMW engines.

Before its coastline was first explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Delaware was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans, including the Lenape in the north and Nanticoke in the south.

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 beginning the construction, the vertex figure ABCD is obtained by cutting each connected edge at ( in this case ) its midpoint.

Before final negotiations were concluded in 1921, however, Afghanistan had already begun to establish its own foreign policy without repercussions anyway, including diplomatic relations with the new government in the Soviet Union in 1919.

Before the revolution Mubarak tolerated limited political activity by the Brotherhood for his first two terms, but then moved more aggressively to block its influence ( arguably leading to its recent rise in public support ).

Before the pup is ready to forage, the mother abandons it, and the pup consumes its own fat for weeks or months while it matures.

Before the 2008 season, Fenway Park's capacity was increased to 37, 373, where it remains following additional renovations for the 2009 season, making its total capacity the fourth smallest, ahead of Marlins Park, the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, and Tropicana Field.

Before the 1980s Soviet war, Afghanistan pursued a policy of neutrality and nonalignment in its foreign relations, being one of a few independent nations to stay neutral in both World War I and World War II.

Before leaving, in a meeting with all the Papal vicars held on April 29, 1357, Albornoz issued the Constitutiones Sanctæ Matris Ecclesiæ, which regulated all the matters of the Papal States and its division into provinces.

Before its acquisition by Google, the gmail. com domain name was used by a free e-mail service offered by Garfield. com, online home of the comic strip Garfield.

Before the merger, the employees of the HBC, unlike the North West Company, did not participate in its profits.

Before Haiti established its independence from French administration in 1804, Haiti ranked as the world's richest and most productive colony.

Before mating, each male excavates a brood site, a saucer-shaped depression under a rock or log with its entrance positioned out of the direct current, usually pointing downstream.

Before 1999, Bhutan had banned television and internet to preserve its culture, environment, its identity etc.

Before the work of Lyell, phenomena such as earthquakes were understood by the destruction that they brought.

Before the destruction, the Dead Sea was a valley full of natural tar pits, which was called the vale of Siddim.

Before its destruction, the town had a population of 20, 000.

Before the destruction, Spider Grandmother sealed the more righteous people into hollow reeds which were used as boats.

Before attacking a settlement, the Mongol generals demanded submission to the Khan, and threatened the initial villages with complete destruction if they refused to surrender.

Before destruction everyone on earth must come to know their God and purify themselves.

Before deactivating completely, Giskard transfers his powers of being able to read and influence minds to Daneel, whose closer tie to humanity allows him to slowly adapt to the new law without any risk of destruction.

Before its destruction this version had been transcribed and annotated ; it is this transcription on which modern translations are based.

Before the destruction of the Jerusalem temple, priests, kohens, and Levites were required to practice continence ( abstain from sexual intercourse with their wife ) before and during their time of service at the temple.

Before the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Summer of 2005, annual events included the Spring Pilgrimage in March, Confederate Memorial Day in April, the Fall Muster in October, and Candlelight Christmas in December.

Before surrender, the complete destruction of all fortifications was carried out.

Before its destruction by Smaug, the Kingdom Under the Mountain grew fabulously wealthy through extensive trade with Men and Elves throughout Rhovanion.

Before this, Crayak and the Ellimist had battled which resulted in the seeming destruction of the Ellimist as he fell into a black hole.

Before crashing, the Axalon deploys its cargo of “ stasis pods ” containing Maximal protoforms — Transformer robots with vulnerable and undeveloped physical forms, which are left to orbit the planet as an alternative to possible destruction in the initial crash landing.

Before the final Persian destruction of the town in 256-257 CE, parts of the synagogue which abutted the main city wall were apparently requisitioned and filled with sand as a defensive measure.

Before he left he ordered a systematic destruction of Diriyah, whose ruins have remained untouched ever since.

Before Megatron can finish off Sentinel Prime, he witnesses the destruction of Cybertron.

Before his Mysteronisation he is shown as a much more sympathetic character, and his destruction of the Mysteron city now seems far more reasonable as his vehicle's equipment actually identifies the Mysteron probe as a weapon.

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 the destruction of planet Vegeta, he and a group of his elites were sent to eradicate Burdock and his team of fighters.

Before he could finish the job, however, all three of them fell under the mind-controlling influence of Unicron, whose disembodied head had survived the destruction of his body and had landed on the planet, where he was having the native Junkions construct a new body for him.

Though the nature of this disaster is never fully explained, the result was the appearance of the " Z ' bri ", twisted demonic creatures of spirit who either initiated the fall of the " World Before ," or came in the wake of its destruction.

Before the total destruction of Saint-Pierre in 1902 by a volcanic eruption, it was the most important city of Martinique culturally and economically, being known as " the Paris of the Caribbean ".

Before Cyclops could reason with him Berzerker let out a giant energy attack at him, blaming X-Factor for the Tunnelers ' destruction.