Before Harmony had a chance to reply, Rod cracked his long whip over his thin oxen's backs.

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

Before the Second World War, air shows were associated with long distance air races, often lasting many days and covering thousands of miles.

Before finishing the musical, Lerner was eager to write while My Fair Lady was taking so long to complete.

: Before this time, and a long time thereafter, they believed in groves and barrows, sanctuaries, and sacred enclosures and in the pagan gods.

Before the invention of electronic amplifiers, mechanically coupled carbon microphones were also used as amplifiers in telephone repeaters for long distance service.

Before the publication of Villette, Charlotte received a proposal of marriage from Arthur Bell Nicholls, her father's curate who had long been in love with her.

Before long, the Spanish began growing cacao beans on plantations, and using an African workforce to help manage them.

Before long, and much to the embarrassment of the authorities, the media began to expose severe social and economic problems the Soviet government had long denied and actively concealed.

Before long, bills weren't being paid, authors ' advances and royalties were delayed, budgets were cut back, and most of Donald's time was spent trying to soothe authors and agents who were indignant, and had every right to be, at the way they were treated.

Before the development of the electric guitar and the use of synthetic materials, a guitar was defined as being an instrument having " a long, fretted neck, flat wooden soundboard, ribs, and a flat back, most often with incurved sides ".

Before Guam's inclusion, calling the U. S. required dialing the international 011 first, thus resulting in higher long distance rates and less frequent calls to the U. S. by relatives in Guam.

Before long, much to the embarrassment of the authorities, the media began to expose severe social and economic problems which the Soviet government had long denied and covered up.

Before long, powdermakers standardized the process by forcing mill cake through sieves instead of corning powder by hand.

All Genoshan mutants leave for Asteroid M. Before long, the country is taken over by Magneto who is ready to declare war on humanity with the Genoshan mutants by his side, following an attack on Professor X during an anti-mutant summit.

Before long, much of the south and west was under the control of the Nationalists, whose regular Army of Africa was the most professional force available to either side.

Before long, a falcon representing Horus became the norm as the animal on top, with the individual Pharaoh's symbol usually appearing in the box beneath the falcon, and above the stripes representing the palace.

Before long, scientific inquiries provoked by his claims had pushed back the age of the earth into the millions of yearsstill too short when compared with the accepted 4. 6 billion year age in the 21st century, but a distinct improvement.

Before long, the Americo-Liberian ruling elite was living rather prosperously, sending their children to America for ( often racially segregated ) high school and college education, and keeping the indigenous peoples excluded from all political and economic leadership.

Before long, the Borgia family no longer needed the Sforzas, and the presence of Giovanni Sforza in the papal court was superfluous.

Before long, the CEOs and CFOs of many smaller and mid-sized companies previously limited to the slow and expensive private-placement market were making early-morning pilgrimages to Beverly Hills seeking to issue high-yield and / or convertible bonds through Drexel Burnham.

Before World War I there was a well-known colony of Molokans that had been exiled to the Caucasus ( an area long within Russian hegemony ), mainly to what is now Armenia, Azerbaijan, and eastern Turkey ( Kars plain ).

Before central power stations were widely introduced it was common for industries, large hotels and commercial buildings to generate their own power and use low pressure exhaust steam for heating.

Before the steam engine, pits were often shallow bell pits following a seam of coal along the surface, which were abandoned as the coal was extracted.

Before the middle of the 20th century, electric and diesel-electric locomotives began replacing steam locomotives.

Before World War I steam torpedo boats which were larger and more heavily armed than hitherto were being used.

Before being fed into the steam generator, the condensed steam ( referred to as feedwater ) is sometimes preheated in order to minimize thermal shock.

: Before the war nineteen steam war vessels had been built in the States forming the Confederacy, and the engines of all of these had been contracted for in these States.

Before the steam ferry was created, people would cross the harbour in sampans.

Before modern highways existed, passenger ferries and steam freighters linked the entire Chesapeake Bay region.

Before central stations distributed power, industries generating their own power used exhaust steam for process heating.

Before World War II, the company had built steam -, petrol-and diesel-powered railcars for overseas customers, not to mention bus bodies for Midland Red, and afterwards developed more motive power products, including BR's Class 26, Class 33 ( both diesel ) and Class 81 ( electric ) locomotives.

Before the mid-20th century, a single large motor was often used to drive multiple driving wheels through connecting rods that were very similar to those used on steam locomotives.

Before 1883 was over they had set up shop in larger premises in the Passage de Léon, Paris, tried and dropped steam engines for boats, and produced a steam car.

Before he joined up in April 1915, Peachment was an apprentice steam engine maker in Bury, Lancashire.

Before that huge steam boilers drove the mill.

* Location: Before the widespread use of steam power and railroads, most factories were located at water power sites and near water transportation.

Before becoming a BRT elevated line in 1906, the Canarsie Line operated as a steam dummy line.

Before opening his restaurant, Mahomed had worked in London for nabob Basil Cochrane, who had installed a steam bath for public use in his house in Portman Square and promoted its medical benefits.

Before the new crankshaft could be made, W. Joyce & Co. required that the broken crankshaft be sent to them in order to ensure that the new crankshaft would fit together properly with the other parts of the steam engine.

Before electric motors were invented, mechanical speed changers were used to control the mechanical power provided by water wheels and steam engines.