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 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 being shot, Dragutin Dimitrijević made a written confession to the court that he had ordered Rade Malobabić to organize the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

Before stooging, all three chasers would fly towards the scoring area, two of them would hold the keeper back and the third would get an easy shot at the goal.

Before the rule change, Canada submitted one film in a different language — Atanarjuat ( 2001 ), shot in Inuktitut.

Before Gordon could get off his second shot, Holliday killed him.

Before then, the networks relied on separate regional networks in the two time zones for live programming, and the West Coast received network programming from kinescopes ( films shot directly from live television screens ) originating from the East Coast.

Before the Paris studios were fully sound-equipped — a process that stretched well into 1930 — a number of other early French talkies were shot in Germany.

Before loading, a piece of the paper or canvas covering had to be cut open immediately under the vent ; after the shot had been rammed home the vent was filled with powder from a priming horn, and the gun was then fired by means of a hot iron, quick match or port-fire.

Before the introduction of firearms, bows or crossbows were often used — Saint Sebastian is usually depicted as executed by a squad of Roman auxiliary archers in around 288 AD ; King Edmund the Martyr of East Anglia, by some accounts, was tied to a tree and shot dead by Viking archers on 20 November 869 or 870 AD.

Before Maytime was finished, Schulberg announced that Bow was given the lead in the studio's biggest seasonal assessment, Poisoned Paradise, but first she was lent to First National Pictures to co-star in the adaptation of Gertrude Atherton's 1923 bestseller Black Oxen, shot in October, and to co-star with Colleen Moore in Painted People, shot in November.

Before Doug lands his plane, Col. Masters is shot by an Arab sniper, causing Doug to destroy the airbase and engulf the runway with napalm to keep the army at bay while he lands and picks up his wounded father.

The first song released from that album is a track titled " Right Before Your Eyes " which was followed up by the track " Break Away ", for which the band shot a music video.

Before the scene is shot, Eli points to the Duesenberg and explains it is the only copy of the vintage car that the production has.

Before returning to his family he finds his shot had found its mark.

Before the introduction of horses, the Niitsitapi had to devise ways to get close to buffalo unnoticed so they could get in range for a good shot.

Before the start of the trial, CNN reported that prosecutors were expected to introduce a controversial police confession signed by Saldívar in which she said she shot Selena " during an argument over accusations from the singer's father that Saldívar stole money from Selena's accounts.

Before he could get up, he was shot three times and bayonetted repeatedly by British soldiers.

Before Carlaw can kill Allegra, he is shot in the back by Vinokur, who is a double agent for Cortical Systematics.

Before traveling 200 yards, they came across Preston's body, and as young Wade dismounted, he was also shot.

Before that, he jumps over a fence to get away, ending up looking in a window where a fat man is having rough sex with his lady, and when he is discovered, Kid runs away, and the three punks are shot at.

Before Varnick can shoot the two, one of the captive dogs bites Varnick, causing him to fire a shot in the air.

Before they reached Dachau, more than 7, 000 inmates had been shot or had collapsed and died.

Before the car reached the prison, it was pulled over by armed men and Madero and Pino Suárez were shot and killed.