Before meeting Cesare, Leonardo had worked at the Milanese court of Ludovico Sforza for many years, until Louis XII of France drove Sforza out of Italy.

Lieutenant General Ēmile Janssens, the FP commander, wrote during a meeting of soldiers that ' Before independence = After Independence ', pouring cold water on the soldiers ' desires for an immediate raise in their status.

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 meeting Willow, Tara had been painfully shy, in part due to a father who led her to believe that she was demonic.

# Before an APNIC meeting

Before Hurricane David, some 2, 000 persons earned a living fishing in coastal waters, producing about 1, 000 tons of fish a year and meeting only about one-third of the local demand.

Before 2009, the midweek meeting consisted of the Theocratic Ministry School and the Service Meeting ( each 45 minutes ); the Congregation Book Study ( 1 hour ) was typically held on a separate evening, divided into smaller groups meeting in private homes.

Before the meeting took place, French president Jacques Chirac declared on 10 March that France would veto any resolution which would automatically lead to war.

Before 798 the new tribrach type appeared, with a design consisting of three radial lines meeting at the centre.

Before the meeting, he agitated for the voting by head, rather than estate, as a member of the " Committee of Thirty ".

Before meeting Batu, Guyuk died suddenly.

Before the first court date in September 2001, Vreme magazine organized a mediation attempt between the two parties, with Kusturica and Srbljanović meeting face to face in the magazine's offices.

Before a vote is taken at a Council meeting, though, all proposals are circulated in writing to the heads of departments, who commission the senior career officials of their department – the heads of the Federal Offices – to prepare a written response to offer criticism and suggestions.

In McCarthy's words, " Before meeting Jim Forrestal I thought we were losing to international Communism because of incompetence and stupidity on the part of our planners.

Before this meeting came to pass, however, Rutherford abruptly withdrew.

Before Roberts ' switch to Methodism, Crutchfield arranged a meeting between Roberts and Bishop William Angie Smith, at which the Bishop told Roberts, " We need you, but we need the Holy Spirit more than we need you and we've got to have the Holy Spirit in the Methodist Church.

Before meeting Bathsheba, Troy had promised to marry Fanny ; on the wedding day, however, the luckless girl goes to the wrong church.

Before the 200 Pastors and the Brethren from the General Conference present at this meeting, G. Dail, L. R. Conradi, H. F. Schuberth, and P. Drinhaus withdrew their statement about military service and apologized for what they had done.

Before fighting for the world championship, she had to meet the likes of Kim Messer, Elena Reid and former world champion Para Draine before meeting Regina Halmich in Germany for the WIBF world Jr. Flyweight title, on August 17, 2002.

Before meeting Fry and Leela and joining Professor Farnsworth's delivery crew at Planet Express where Bender currently works as the assistant manager of sales, he had a job at the metalworking factory, bending steel girders for the construction of suicide booths.

Before meeting humanity, they had an elephant-sized slug-like form, which communicates by direct neural connection, since they have no vocal organs and no sense of hearing.

Before the signing of the Bologna declaration, the Magna Charta Universitatum had been issued at a meeting of university rectors celebrating the 900th anniversary of the University of Bologna – and thus of European universities – in 1988.

Before it split into two separately listed companies in early 2010, Cable & Wireless suffered one of the biggest shareholder rebellions in 2009 when 38pc of the shareholder register failed to back the company's pay policy at a fiery meeting.

Before Smith became their pastor, twelve of the 25 members attended a prayer meeting about whether or not to close their church: they reported that " the Holy Spirit spoke to them through prophecy " and told them that Smith would become their pastor, that he would want to elevate the platform area, that God would bless the church, that it would go on the radio, that the church would become overcrowded, and that he would become known throughout the world .< ref name = chuck_smith >

" Generally, comics are not allowed to include such words as " damn ", " sucks ", " screwed " and " hell ", although there have been exceptions such as the September 22, 2010 Mother Goose and Grimm in which an elderly man says, " This nursing home food sucks ," and a pair of Pearls Before Swine comics from January, 2011 with a character named Ned using the word " crappy ".

Before he leaves, Pozzo asks if he can do anything for the pair in exchange for the company they have provided during his rest.

Before Gandhi returned to India in 1914, he presented General Jan Smuts with a pair of sandals made by himself.

Before leaving on the mission, however, the player characters are required to complete a pair of training simulations.

Before the pair are freed the Kangs reveal to Mel that Pex survived by fleeing from the war.

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

Before the pair arrived in Orlando, Florida on June 27, 2001, Banihammad had opened a bank account in the UAE to which $ 30, 000 was deposited by unknown parties only two days before his arrival.

Before leaving the bar to meet Ransom Stoddard, Liberty Valance wins a hand of poker with two pair -- aces over eights -- known as dead man's hand.

Before he runs off, Scott presents the pair with a dilemma, they must root for him and hope the Jazz win, otherwise he will turn them both in to the police.

Before Farah can convince the Prince otherwise, the Vizier confronts the pair and uses his magical powers to trap Farah and the Prince in a tomb.

Before the advent of the excimer laser, keratomileusis was performed using a cryolathe, which froze thin flaps of corneal tissue and lathe cut them much like one cuts the lens of a pair of glasses.

Before the permit can be approved and an Anzeigebestätigung issued, the authorities must see an agreement or contract ( signed by the employer and the au pair ) and proof that health and accident insurance cover has been obtained by the au pair.

Before the duo get to the body, it disappears, but they manage to retrieve one of a pair of gold cuff links.

Smith's art was featured in a pair of museum shows in Columbus during summer 2008: " Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond " at the Wexner Center for the Arts, and " Jeff Smith: Before Bone " at the Cartoon Research Library of Ohio State University.

Before the pit stops Schumacher had reduced the gap to just over a second, and on lap 21 the leading pair entered the pit lane together.

Before creating a CSR, the applicant first generates a key pair, keeping the private key secret.

Before the pair can persuade her otherwise, she sells her library with unique French books collected by the generations to raise the money, and purchases plane tickets for all three of them.

Before the onset of monsoon season, when there is not much water in the Linganmakki dam, the Jog Falls are only a pair of thin streams of water trickling down the cliff, as the water collected in the dam is exclusively for generation of electricity ; during monsoons local rain-water is the source of water to the falls.

Before they could answer a question, they had to get all four feet off the ground by means of either a small peg, a high-wire, a pair of teeter-totters, a pair of surfboards on springs, on a spinning log, or a simple balance beam.

Before they leave, he gives her a pair of curious objects in case they need to relight the Flame again.

Before either can ponder their significance, the boulder shifts once more and the lumbering form of a Yeti enters the cave, trapping the pair of terrified travellers.

Before Exterminator could begin his third season, Milam sold him to Willis Sharpe Kilmer for $ 9, 000 and a pair of fillies, quite a bit of money for the times ... especially as Kilmer had only authorized his future U. S. Hall of Fame trainer, Henry McDaniel, to pay about $ 700 for a " workhorse.