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

Before The Sorcerer, Gilbert had constructed his plays around the established stars of whatever theatre he happened to be writing for, as had been the case with Thespis and Trial by Jury.

Before 1946, children as well as adults were content in carving and shaping wooden replicas from block wood kits, often depicting enemy aircraft to help in identification in case of invasion.

Before even hiring a new General Manager or officially being approved as the new owners, Magowan signed superstar free agent Barry Bonds ( a move which MLB initially blocked until some terms were negotiated to protect Lurie and Bonds in case the sale failed ).

* Before the ceremony, the couple formalize a written ketubah ( marriage contract ), specifying the obligations of husband to the wife and contingencies in case of divorce.

Before he died in battle, he was reported to have said: " Let it never be the case that a Bohemian king runs a fight!

Before Cyrus and his army crossed the Aras River to battle with northern tribes, he installed his son Cambyses II as king in case he should not return from battle.

Before the 1960 revisions, the omitted Sunday would be celebrated on the Saturday before Septuagesima Sunday, or, in the case of the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, on the Saturday before the Last Sunday after Pentecost.

Before O. J. Simpson took a slow ride in a white Bronco, and before everyone close to his case had an agent and a book contract.

Before 1 February 1833, in common with the admiralty and ecclesiastical courts, appeal from the Court was to the Crown in Chancery, with appeals being heard by Commissioners appointed by letters patent under the Great Seal in each case.

Before modern times, the ethnic balance of Hunedoara was more diverse, as was the case elsewhere in the region.

Before the 1991 season, Santiago asked for a four-year contract worth $ 11 million, but lost his arbitration case and was awarded a one-year contract worth $ 1. 65 million.

Before leaving with Death, Bookman packs up his case of wares, hopefully remarking " You never know who might need something up there.

Before the Ninth Pass, however, Pernese society was largely static, and many of its functions and features are open to review as an interesting case of a utopia trying to survive in conditions where it cannot.

Before World War II, Deutscher opposed Zionism as economically retrograde and harmful to the cause of international socialism, but in the aftermath of the Holocaust he regretted his pre-war views, and argued a case for establishing Israel as a " historic necessity " to provide a home for the surviving Jews of Europe.

In other cases zaibatsu are used simply to provide the background for a character from an influential family, such as in the case of the F4 in Boys Before Flowers who are the sons and heirs of the four ( fictional ) biggest corporations in Japan ; this is a reference to the Big Four.

Before Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire during the reign of the Emperor Constantine I, Diocletian and Maximian passed strict anti-polygamy laws in 285 that mandated monogamy was the only form of legal marital configuration, as had traditionally been the case in classical Greece and Rome themselves.

Before any study is started, a case must be made for the importance of the research.

Before his case was heard he was shipped off to the Chatham Islands along with Hau Hau prisoners of war.

Before there was any general form of criminal appeal, a royal judge might grant a pardon either by way of clemency, because he felt the law was harsh ( for example, in the case of child convicts ) or the verdict dubious, to seek popular approval, or otherwise in the public interest.

Before leaving to rejoin his unit, Ashley explains to Scarlett his worries about his wife's current health and her fate in case he falls in battle.

Before the Supreme Court was established in 2004, the Chief Justice was more of an administrative role, with the right to sit on any case.

Before Inga, Rinkitink, and Bilbil enter the underground kingdom, Rinkitink asks Inga to loan him the Pink Pearl in case they are separated.

Before investigating a case, clients undergo a screening process in order to figure out whether or not DNA testing will lead to a wrongful conviction.

Before hearing any case, the Court must have jursidiction to consider the appeal.

Before 1772, when he obtained a travelling studentship given by the Royal Academy and proceeded to Rome, he had already exhibited several fine works.

Before trial, the court granted Flynt's motion for summary judgment on the invasion of privacy claim, and the remaining two charges proceeded to trial.

Before September 11, 2001, it was permissible for persons entering the U. S. to do so at any point ( including back roads or closed border stations ), as long as they proceeded directly to an open border inspection station.

Before first light, Lieutenant Jerry Burnell's 5 Troop of L Company proceeded to an outcrop of rocks towards Goat Ridge.

Before sunrise in the morning those who had gone to sleep happily and comfortably were aroused from their slumber by a furious attack made by the warlike troops of the Clann-Sweeny and Clann-Sheehy, who were along with James Mac Maurice ; and they proceeded to divide among themselves its gold, silver, various riches, and valuable jewels, which the father would not have acknowledged to his heir, or the mother to her daughter, on the day before.

Before he commenced the siege, Trebonius collected labourers and cattle from the Province, ordered timber and wood suitable for wattle-work to be brought up, and then proceeded to construct the principal terrace.

Before the freeway was built in Milpitas, Fremont, Hayward and Oakland, SR 17 followed what is now Old Oakland Road ( San Jose ), Main Street ( Milpitas ) and Warm Springs Boulevard ( southern Fremont ); from the Irvington section of Fremont, the route proceeded along what is now Fremont Boulevard, which becomes Alvarado Boulevard in Union City.

Before Interstate 40 was built in the 1960s, TN-56 went directly through the town of Baxter and proceeded down what is now the Old Baxter Road to Silver Point and then to Smithville.

Before the opening of the Brainerd bypass in the year 2000, Old Highway 371 went through downtown Brainerd and then proceeded west on a two-mile ( 3 km ) concurrency with Highway 210 before resuming north at its current intersection in Baxter.

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 the 19th century, tattoos and piercings were very common among the Aleut people, especially among women.

First, that the " sword shall never depart from your house " ( 2 Samuel 12: 10 ) second, that " Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.

Before then, effectiveness of muzzleloaders was hindered by both the low reloading speed and, before the firing mechanism was perfected, the very high risk posed by the firearm to the person attempting to fire it.

Before Jack and I moved to Montreal, we had just been through some very rough treatment in the racially biased South during spring training in Florida.

Before 1700, London brewers sent out their beer very young and any aging was either performed by the publican or a dealer.

Before his death he had urged the College of Cardinals to elect Giovanni di San Paolo as his successor, but Lotario de ' Conti was elected pope on the very day on which Celestine III died.

Before becoming Pope, he spent time at the then very liberal and cosmopolitan University of Padua, which maintained considerable independence from the Church and had a very international character.

Before the success of the midnight screenings, the film was withdrawn from its eight opening cities due to very small audiences, and its planned New York opening ( on Halloween night ) was cancelled.

For men to sing about very emotional things ... Before that no one would do it.

These slings were apparently very powerful ; in 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, historian Charles C. Mann quoted a conquistador, who said that an Incan sling " could break a sword in two pieces " and " kill a horse.

Before long distance telephone services were readily available or affordable, telegram services were very popular and the only way to convey information speedily over very long distances.

Before any of the scandalous activity became widely known, Harding's popularity began to ebb, but he responded with determination to run for re-election, despite strong support emerging for the very popular Henry Ford for the Democrats.

Before the invention of crinoline, women's underwear was often very large and bulky.

Before Linux 2. 6. 33, ReiserFS heavily used the big kernel lock ( BKL ) — a global kernel-wide lock — which does not scale very well for systems with multiple cores, as the critical code parts are only ever executed by one core at a time.

Before the album was released, Blur released a new single, " Don't Bomb When You Are the Bomb " as a very limited white label release.

Before his methods were commercialised in 1987 his laboratory was the only centre carrying out DNA fingerprinting in the world, and during this period of about two or three years it was very busy, receiving inquiries from all over the globe.

Before the turn, very little information was known in Europe about what lay around the cape.

Bleeding: Before modern surgical developments, there was a very real threat that a patient would bleed to death before treatment, or during the operation.

Before that very few Asian models were booked such as Anna Bayle and Du Juan.

Before 1940, to meet the objections of the labor unions, the programs provided very little training to teach new skills to workers.

Before appearing in television, Rayburn was a very successful actor and radio performer.

Before the introduction of a vaccine, the mortality of the severe form of smallpox — variola major — was very high.