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

Before railway construction on the Continent demanded huge quantities of maleable iron mainly for rails, for which low quality iron sufficed, Wallonia was the only Continental region to follow the British model successfully.

Before the days of blinking electrically lighted road barriers, highway construction zones were marked at night by kerosene fired, pot-bellied torches.

Before construction of the Panama Canal, a stagecoach line owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt's Accessory Transit Company connected the lake with the Pacific across the low hills of the narrow Isthmus of Rivas.

Before the construction of the North Portico, most public events were entered from the South Lawn, which was graded and planted by Thomas Jefferson.

Before major construction could begin Judah traveled back to New York City to raise funds to buy out The Big Four.

Before the advent of VLSI devices, TTL integrated circuits were a standard method of construction for the processors of mini-computer and mainframe processors ; such as the DEC VAX and Data General Eclipse, and for equipment such as machine tool numerical controls, printers and video display terminals.

Before the construction of several tunnels and modern roads that now connect it to Fujisawa, Ofuna and Zushi, on land it could be entered only through narrow artificial passes, among which the seven most important were called, a name sometimes translated as " Kamakura's Seven Mouths ".

Before 1976 the federal tax code favored new construction rather than the reuse of existing, sometimes historical, structures.

Before printed circuits ( and for a while after their invention ), point-to-point construction was used.

Before the construction of Waterloo International terminal in 1990, the vehicles were hoisted individually by the Armstrong lift outside the north wall of Waterloo main line station.

Before the construction of the current Teatro Colón, opera performances were given in several theatres, of which the first Teatro Colón and the Teatro Opera were the most important.

Before the construction of the Clarendon Building, the presses were in the basement of the Sheldonian Theatre, and the compositors could not work when the Theatre was in use for ceremonies.

Before the coming of the mine with construction starting in 1981 the Wopkaimin lived in a subsistence economy.

Before the war a number of 1930s council housing blocks were added to the stock, but it was after the war, partly as result of bomb site redevelopment, that the council housing boom really got into its stride, reaching its peak in the 1960s with the construction of several extensive estates, both by the Metropolitan Borough of Islington and the London County Council.

Before achieving success with his music, Gira worked many jobs in construction and demolition.

Before construction of the Unisphere, three piles were tested for structural integrity and all were found to be sound throughout their entire length.

Before construction could begin on the housing project, the local political climate changed greatly when Norris Poulson was elected mayor of Los Angeles in 1953.

Before the construction of I-90, the city was served by U. S. Route 10, which runs through downtown.

Before the construction of the Betuweroute Highspeed Railway, thorough soil research was performed in 1997.

Before construction of the projected aluminum-extrusion plant could begin, however, it became clear that the war would end soon and that the plant would not be needed.

Before completion of the construction, SAC activated the 351st Strategic Missile Wing at Whiteman on Feb. 1, 1963.

Before the construction of Fort Johnston, British settlements along the Carolina coast lacked fortifications to protect them against pirates and privateers, and numerous Spanish attackers exploited this weakness.

Before the post office was established in 1912, Reedsport was a camp for railroad construction workers.

Before its construction, according to local legend, court was held in a flea-infested abandoned stable.

In the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas ( 1994 ) Jack Skellington asks to see Santa Claus in Halloween Town, but he is mistakenly brought the Easter Bunny.

* Jordan Hinson, in the A Town Called Eureka episode ' Before I Forget '

In The Nightmare Before Christmas, there is a character in Halloween Town who is clearly meant to be a version of the Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Before the Town of Burns Harbor was incorporated, the center of community activity was the Westport Community Club, which was established in 1954.

Before the T in " Town " and after the final S in " Mass.

Before its incorporation, the town site was referred to informally as Possum Town, a name which was given by the local Native Americans.

The rest of the album contained original songs created by him or members of his family, including " Season's Greetings ", " You're All I Want And Need For Christmas ", " It's Christmas All Over The World ", " Christmas Eve's Blues ", " Something Good This Christmas ", and " The Bethlehem Story ", a rewrite of Burke's own version of The Little Town of Bethlehem story, or The Night Before Christmas .” The final track on the album is " The Christmas Prayer ", a ' thank you ' sermon from Burke, which had been written by Burke in 1980, and released by Savoy Records in 1982 as the flip side to his cover of " Silent Night.

Before 1971, the shoreline of what was then called Town Lake was mostly a mixture of weeds, unkempt bushes, and trash.

Before later developments the wall allowed the entrance to be flooded with light and provided views of the Town Hall from the escalators.

; A Bold Stroke for a Husband ; More Ways Than One ; A School for Greybeards, or, The Mourning Bride ; The Fate of Sparta, or, The Rival Kings ; A Day in Turkey, or, The Russian Slaves and The Town Before You ; into production.

Cowley ’ s last play, The Town Before You, was produced in 1795.

Before the construction of Tung Chung New Town, almost all of NLB's routes terminated at Mui Wo.

Before her election to parliament, McCafferty was a member of Hebden Royd Town Council 1991 – 95.

Before this, messages had to travel across the Atlantic to the Far East via Cape Town and the Indian Ocean, or via London to Russia, then across the Russian landline to Vladivostok, then by submarine cable to Japan and the Philippines.

Before 1987, Clifton was a boys-only school with seven boarding houses ( School House, Brown's, Watson's, Dakyn's, Oakeley's, Wiseman's, Polack's ) and three day houses ( East Town, North Town and The South Town ).

Before the strike, Mansfield Town and Chesterfield FC fans could stand in relative harmony on the terraces ( this is no-longer the case ).

Before Swansea Town was established, children would play football on waste ground in which a plant, called " vetch " ( a type of legume – not a cabbage as popularly misbelieved in most of south Wales ) was grown.

Before the opening day, a television marketing campaign showed cheery Ames employees working while singing " My Kind of Town ," a song that strongly referred to Chicago.

Before European settlement, the area now called South Melbourne featured a single hill ( where the Town Hall now stands ) surrounded by swamps.

Before the jet airline era, the city was a landing point on the British flying boat passenger and mail route from Southampton to Cape Town.

Before the jet airline era, Kisumu was a landing point on the British flying boat passenger and mail route from Southampton to Cape Town.

Before returning to football management with Luton Town, Kinnear was a front runner to replace Martin O ' Neill at Leicester City,

Before it was incorporated into the City of Brooklyn in 1894, Flatbush described both the Town of Flatbush, incorporating a large swath of central Kings County extending east to the Queens County border, and the Village of Flatbush, formerly the heart of the current community.