Before he could pass the river with safety, however, it was necessary to subdue certain fortresses, one of which was for several days vigorously defended by the governor, Yussuf el-Harezmi, a Khwarezmian.

Before the Second World War, air shows were associated with long distance air races, often lasting many days and covering thousands of miles.

Before leaving Prestige, however, Davis had to fulfill his obligations during two days of recording sessions in 1956.

Before the days of cultured pearls, black pearls were rare and highly valued for the simple reason that white pearl oysters rarely produced naturally black pearls, and black pearl oysters rarely produced any natural pearls at all.

Before he crossed the Euphrates, Saladin besieged Aleppo for three days, signaling that the truce was over.

Before filming began, several of the film's stars, including Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, Giovanni Ribisi, and Tom Hanks, endured ten days of " boot camp " training and work on the film set to prepare for their roles.

Before the forty days of Great Lent commence, there is a three-week Pre-Lenten season, to prepare the faithful for the spiritual work they are to accomplish during the Great Fast.

Before modern factory butter making, cream was usually collected from several milkings and was therefore several days old and somewhat fermented by the time it was made into butter.

Tết in the three Vietnamese regions can be divided into three periods, known as Tất Niên ( Before New Year's Eve ), Giao Thừa ( New Year's Eve ), and Tân Niên ( the New Year ), representing the preparation before Tết, the eve of Tết, and the days of and following Tết, respectively.

In the 1960 edition, the article on the ark stated that " Before the days of ' higher criticism ' and the rise of the modern scientific views as to the origin of the species, there was much discussion among the learned, and many ingenious and curious theories were advanced, as to the number of animals on the ark ".

Before the ceremony, they are required to herd cattle for seven days in order to prove they are worthy of being called a warrior.

Before those days Sun Records had mainly been noted for recording African-American artists, as Phillips loved Rhythm and Blues and wanted to get black music recorded for a white audience.

Before the days of the railroad, a tavern was located where the former station would later be built.

Before tanning, the skins are unhaired, degreased, desalted and soaked in water over a period of 6 hours to 2 days.

Before learning of the Dream Couch being the cause, this was known on Earth as the " 130-day fever ", a period of planet-wide temporary insanity occurring roughly every one hundred and thirty days.

Before marching to Tadcaster and then to Marston Moor, the Parliamentarians spent two days in Wetherby while joining forces with the Scots.

Before he was to be executed, Wolfe Tone attempted suicide and subsequently died from his wounds eight days after the attempt, thus avoiding being hanged as a convicted traitor to the Irish Crown for his involvement in the 1798 Irish Rebellion.

Before 1926, the four rounds were played in two days.

Before making a Remedial Order, the Government must lay a proposal before Parliament for 60 days, during which time it will be considered and reported upon by the Joint Committee of both Houses on Human Rights.

Before the days of solid-state ( electronics ), inexperienced young men were sequentially directed through a series of supply compartments to request a Fallopian tube for a malfunctioning radio, RADAR, or SONAR set.

Before his days as a saloon proprietor, Mickey Finn was known as a pickpocket and thief who often preyed on drunken bar patrons.

Before the days of motorized vehicles, the word referred to the front or after compartment of a Continental stagecoach.

" (" Before eight days have passed, you'll make more of them than you would like to "), where " them " ( vers ) can be understood as either " verses " or " worms ".

Financial settlement periods used to be much longer: Before the early 1990s at the London Stock Exchange, for example, stock could be paid for up to 10 working days after it was bought, allowing traders to buy ( or sell ) shares at the beginning of a settlement period only to sell ( or buy ) them before the end of the period hoping for a rise in price.

Before a reading, he'll warm up by doing " push-ups " with his eyelids ( blinking rapidly and moving his eyes around ).

Before the development of the Varicap, motor driven variable capacitors or saturable-core reactors were used as electrically controllable reactances in the V. C. O. s and filters of equipment like WW-II German spectrum analyzers.

Before this time, a landmark known as the Herring Tower held a lighted flare to guide fishing boats into what was previously the busiest port on the island.

Before that, tourists who couldn't afford to stay in a hotel either slept in their cars or pitched their tents in fields alongside the road.

Before long, the Giants were 6 – 2, but lost two straight to division foes: to the Cowboys 33 – 20 at home, and to the Eagles on the road, putting the G-Men in 2nd place in the NFC East at 6 – 4.

Before the playoffs, the 33-year old Riggins told coach Joe Gibbs " I'm really getting down the road.

Before Crockett had left, his father had opened a tavern on the road between Knoxville, Tennessee and Abingdon, Virginia.

Before he leaves, he encounters Izz Huett on the road and impulsively asks her to come to Brazil with him, as his mistress.

Before the Industrial Revolution, much of the area was farmland, providing food for the City of London and surrounding population centres ; and with particular specialisms, such as growing lavender on Lavender Hill ( nowadays denoted by the road of the same name ), asparagus, sold as " Battersea Bundles " or pig breeding on Pig Hill ( later the site of the Shaftesbury Park Estate ).

Before the coming of the railway, with the opening of the Bexleyheath Line on 1 May 1895, Welling was a village on the main road between London and Kent ( Watling Street ).

Before consolidating into the Oak Hill Community, Converse was home to its own high school, nicknamed the Bordermen, who were known for their good basketball teams and unique dress code for road games.

Before the founding of Tishomingo in 1852, the area was known as Good Springs, named for the presence of several springs that made the place a suitable camp site along the road between Fort Washita and Fort Arbuckle.

Before the toll road, a driver bought a ticket, loaded the vehicle onto a flatbed or train, and used the wooden planks inside the rails when the train was not on a scheduled run.

Before the Saturday afternoon parade the main street is scrubbed by children and adults dressed in traditional Dutch costumes to prepare the road for the Klompen Dancers and parade to follow.

Before this, the lowest road crossing of the River Tamar was Gunnislake New Bridge at the village of Gunnislake.

Before the main road connects to the Rathausplatz, a tablet commemorates the great Austrian composer Anton Bruckner.

Before the valley was linked by road to Kristiansand in the 1840s, people routinely traveled east and west across these moorlands.

Before the diversion was made round the extended runway at Scampton, with a very slight diversion at Broughton, it was possible to travel about 33 miles, from the Newport Arch, the Roman north gate at Lincoln, to the Parish of Winteringham along a road so slightly curved as to be regarded as straight.

Before construction could begin, a road to the site had to be built.

Route 4A ( 1940s-1953 ) Before 1927, what is today Route 79 was an unnumbered road.

Before leaving the Northwest Angle by road, one must report to Canadian customs from the same booth.

Before the Severn Bridge was opened, the old cast iron road bridge across the Wye at Chepstow, built in 1816 to replace earlier wooden structures, carried all the road traffic between South West England and South Wales and was the lowest bridging point of the Wye.

Before 1976, the tunnel was the only point of passage at the top, at an altitude of 2556 m. The tunnel was closed for restoration until 2002, and a new road was constructed over the summit.

Before the digging of the Welland Canal, shipping traffic between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie used a portage road between Chippawa, Ontario, and Queenston, Ontario, both of which are located on the Niagara River — above and below Niagara Falls, respectively.

Before the building of the bridge the crossing was made by a road raised above the bed of the river, which only allowed the river to be crossed in summer.

Before 1841, Bleak Heath or Blake Heath was a small group of farm houses and inns on the turnpike road from Oldbury to Halesowen, within Rowley Regis.