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

Before joining Hawkwind, he recalled Dik Mik, a former Hawkwind sound technician, visiting his squat in the middle of the night and taking speed with him.

Before taking any steps to meet the wishes of Michael, Louis asked the pope's permission for a number of his bishops to assemble and make a selection of passages from the Fathers to elucidate the question that the Greeks had put before them.

Before taking effect though, the Franco-Soviet pact was required to go through the bureaucracy of the League of Nations, which rendered it essentially toothless.

Before taking the auspicia impetrativa (" requested " or " sought " auspices ; see below ) the templum, or sacred space within which the operation would take place had to be established and delimited ( it should be square and have only one entrance ) and purified ( effari, liberare ).

Before the RTAA, if Congress wanted to establish a lower tariff for particular imports, it would act unilaterally, taking the foreign country ’ s tariff rate as fixed.

Before taking the shot, he said to himself, " Now they'll never be able to save your brain, Hitler.

Before taking office an Ambassador's credentials must be accepted.

Before proceeding to Bulgaria, Prince Alexander paid visits to the Tsar at Livadia, to the courts of the great powers and to the sultan ; a Russian warship then conveyed him to Varna, and after taking the oath to the new constitution at Turnovo ( 8 July 1879 ) he went to Sofia.

Before taking this step, the judicial committee must determine that the individual has committed a " serious sin " and that there is no evidence of true repentance.

Before he could return to heaven and report to Olodumare however, his rival Oduduwa ( also called Oduwa, Oodua, Odudua or Eleduwa ) and younger brother usurped his position by taking the satchel and created in his stead the earth on the Primeval Ocean.

Before taking up a scholarship to study at University College, Oxford, Sorley spent a little more than six months in Germany, three months of which were at Schwerin studying the language and local culture.

Before the advent of modern aids dead reckoning was widely used in air navigation, taking into account displacement of position caused by wind as far as possible, often using a tool called a wind triangle.

Before he was to report, he committed suicide by drinking poison after taking a bath and dressing in fine silk robes.

Before taking up the post of Assistant Professor at the Rice Institute, Huxley spent a year in Germany preparing for his demanding new job.

Before taking the shot, Gigante called out, " This is for you Frank!

Before taking the " final plunge " into Control's scheme, Leamas makes Liz promise not to look for him, no matter what she hears, and says good-bye to her.

Before taking one's seat, and after rising at the end of the period of zazen, Zen practitioners perform a gassho bow to their seat, and a second bow to fellow practitioners.

Before implementing a BI solution, it is worth taking different factors into consideration before proceeding.

Before taking up her current position, Wolf taught at Harvard University, the University of Maryland, and the Johns Hopkins University.

Before taking provisions into the nest, the Sphex first inspects the nest, leaving the prey outside.

Before taking power, the Arab Socialist Ba ' ath Party tried successfully to recruit military officers for the cause ; some, such as Hardan al-Tikriti were already Ba ' ath Party members, others, such as Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif, the deputy head of the military intelligence and Ibrahim Daud, the commander of the Republican Guard, were not members.

Before taking up residence in his parish he went abroad again, and in Rome he met Chevalier Bunsen, who afterwards dedicated to him part of his work, Hippolytus and his Age.

As noted above, the behavioral traits of gannets and boobies differ considerably, but the Sulidae as a whole are characterized by several behavioral synapomorphies: Before taking off, they will point the bill upwards ( gannets ) or forward ( boobies ).

Before taking up motor racing, Hill spent several years actively involved in rowing.

Before the emergence of the T-formation in the 1940s, all members of the offensive backfield were legitimate threats to run or pass the ball, and most teams used four offensive backs on every play: a quarterback, two halfbacks, and a fullback.

Before the summer 2006 offensive began, indications existed that soldiers in Afghanistan had lost influence and power to other groups, including potentially the Taliban.

( Before this rule, the Jack could not drop back into coverage until the ball is thrown or the Quarterback is no longer in the pocket, and the Jack had to stay within the box designated by the outside shoulders of the offensive line, the line of scrimmage, and five ( 5 ) yards back from the line of scrimmage.

Before 2001, the common name of the goliath grouper was Jewfish but was changed by the American Fisheries Society due to the potentially offensive nature of the name.

Before 1603, Champlain had formed an offensive alliance against the Iroquois.

Before and after Clarke appeared before the 9 / 11 Commission, defenders of the Bush administration tried to attack his credibility, launching a full-scale offensive against him: impugning his personal motives, claiming he was a disappointed job-hunter, that he was publicity-mad, a political partisan.

Before the season, the Mets signed the aging Roberto Alomar, and despite Alfonzo's tremendous offensive and defensive contributions during the previous three seasons, he was forced to move back to third base.

Before Game 4 of the 2008 World Series, he was named the winner of the AL Hank Aaron Award for the best offensive performance of the 2008 season.

Before the Soviet summer offensive of 1944, Finland's army was estimated to keep at least 26 divisions, 5 brigades and 16 regiments of the Red Army busy.

Before he started coaching in the NFL, he served as an assistant coach at five different colleges, including Texas A & M, where he coached the offensive line for seven seasons.

Before Foch's main offensive was launched, the remaining German salients west and east of the line were crushed at Havrincourt and St Mihiel on 12 September ; and at Epehy and Canal du Nord on 27 September.

Before the ball is snapped the offensive team lines up in a formation.

Before Crisler switched to the platoon system, players handled both offensive and defensive duties with only occasional substitutions.

Before the advent of two platoons, in which teams fielded distinct defensive and offensive units, players that lined up on the ends of the line on both offense and defense were referred to simply as " ends ".

Before the 2005 season, Fisher hired Norm Chow out of USC to be his offensive coordinator.

Before the season started, Carr replaced offensive coordinator Terry Malone with Mike DeBord who had previously been offensive coordinator from 1997 – 1999.

Before high school, Lynch had originally played as an offensive guard.

Before the episode was released, Debbie Liebling, then Comedy Central vice president of development and production, herself described the episode as " adorably offensive ".