Before the formation of Malaysian Federation, the Philippines claimed that the Malaysian state of Sabah in north Borneo is within their territorial rights based on historical facts of the Sultanate of Sulu's leasing agreement with the North Borneo Company, is presently an unresolved claim against Malaysia.

Before the formation of Unit 101 only they undertook these missions.

Before the formation of Unit 101 only they undertook these missions.

Before NBC's 1926 formation, RCA had acquired AT & T's New York City station WEAF ( later WNBC, now CBS-owned WFAN ).

Before this promotion Tottenham had won the FA Cup in 1901, making it the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League.

Before forming the Mountain West Conference, seven of the eight charter members had been longtime members of the Western Athletic Conference ; half were WAC charter members at its formation in 1962-UNLV had only joined the WAC in 1996.

Before the formation of La Liga in 1929, the competition was effectively a national championship.

Before the formation of Anderson County, Tennessee, that territory was initially land of what is today called the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, which had been settled by several pioneer families including the Wallace, Gibbs, Freels, Frost and Tunnell families.

Before the county ’ s formation, the primary settlement was Frenchtown, which was settled in as early as 1784 along the banks of the River Raisin.

Before its formation, TCN-9 was then affiliated with HSV-7 ( due to the fact that they were both Australia's first television stations, having been opened in 1956 ), and GTV-9's sister affiliate was ATN-7.

Before the formation of the district, the region was called as Eranad, Valluvanad etc.

Before the formation of UTJ and the establishment of Degel HaTorah, the two factions were united under one united Agudat Yisrael party, but the late mentor and supreme guide of the non-Hasidic group, Rabbi Elazar Shach ( 1898-2001 ) broke away from the Hasidic wing when it was clear that the party was not living up to its mandate to represent all Torah Jewry.

Before the formation of Namco Bandai Holdings, Bandai had many subsidiaries.

Before the formation of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Region 1 also included the provinces of Abra, Mountain Province, and Benguet.

Before the formation of the ATP Lendl reached a record 12 year-end championships ( equaled by John McEnroe ).

Before leaving he had allowed the formation of a government led by Archbishop Carlo Emanuele Muzzarelli, to whom he wrote a note before leaving:

Before the formation of Less Than Jake, vocalist and guitarist Chris Demakes, drummer Vinnie Fiorello, and bassist Shaun Grief led a local band named Good Grief while attending high school in Port Charlotte, Florida.

Before mains electricity and the formation of nationwide power grids, stationary engines were widely used for small-scale electricity generation.

Before the band's formation, the members had all played in other Brisbane-based outfits.

Before the formation of the TDSB, the North York Board of Education served North York.

Before Amtrak's formation in 1971, the train was operated by the Illinois Central Railroad along the same route ( though changes have been made since then ).

Before the formation of the Commonwealth in 1901, the six Australian colonies were self-governing, with parliaments which had come into existence at various times between 1825, when the New South Wales Legislative Council was created, to 1891, when Western Australia became the last of the colonies to gain full self-government.

Before the formation of the MS & LR, the SA & MR had already absorbed a number of existing and proposed lines.

Before artificial satellites were used to find storms, the military units flew routine weather reconnaissance tracks to detect formation of tropical cyclones.

Before the outbreak of Civil War, McClellan became active in politics, supporting the presidential campaign of Democrat Stephen A. Douglas in the 1860 election.

Before the redistricting, all of Akron had been part of the 14th District, represented by eight-term Democrat Tom Sawyer.

Before his murder, Aldo Moro, a central figure in the Christian Democrat Party, several times Prime minister, was trying to include the Communist Party, headed by Enrico Berlinguer, in the parliamentary majority, an operation called the historic compromise.

Before being elected councillor he worked for the Liberal Democrat group on Bedford Borough Council ; following his election he worked in University administration.

Searle, Country Before Party: Coalition and the Idea of ' National Government ' in Modern Britain ( Studies in Modern History, Longman, 1995 )

Before the end of that year, the events of the War of the Fourth Coalition forced Neander to move to Göttingen.

Before the 2001 elections, the party joined the Union for Victory Coalition under the leadership of the Democratic Party, which won 46 seats.

Before the 2001 state election, Borbidge, remembering what happened three years earlier, promised that the Coalition would never preference One Nation again.

It stood candidates in the 2004 local elections as " Democratic Socialist Alliance-People Before Profit " and later joined the Socialist Green Unity Coalition.

Before the war ended, the colony fell under the Provisional Government of the French Republic.

Before the war ended, the Australian Government took steps to encourage an Australian automotive industry.

Before the establishment of ICANN, the Government of the United States controlled the domain name system of the Internet.

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Before 1982, the excutive of a department was the prefect ( préfet ) who represents the Government of France in each department and is appointed by the President of France.

Before 1997, the incoming Labour Government promised to reduce the number and power of NDPBs.

Before the USA had entered that conflict, the British Government had granted it a free, 99-year base lease in Bermuda, along with a similar grant in Newfoundland for what became the Ernest Harmon Air Force Base.

Before that date, however, the Liberal Government of William Ewart Gladstone fell.

Before the Suez War, Khan Yunis was officially administered by the All-Palestine Government, seated in Gaza and later in Cairo.

Before it was abolished in 1975 by the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1973, the county contained six burghs.

Before the Local Government Act 1972 came into force in 1974 Wisbech was a municipal borough ; it is now a civil parish in the Fenland District.

Before the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932 the Government of Queensland asked John Bradfield to design a new bridge in Brisbane.

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 5 October, even as opposition grew, Milošević continued to dominate the organs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY ) Government.

Before its completion, Toronto City Council made arrangements for the Government of Canada to take over the field, which was christened Bishop Field ( to honour the same flying ace for which the island airport was later renamed after ) in 1939.

Currently, the Early Years curriculum in Wales, produced by the Welsh Assembly Government Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, is set out in the booklet " Desirable Outcomes for Children's Learning Before Compulsory School Age ".< ref >

Before his time it had been the custom to appoint Treasurers at War, ad hoc, for this or that campaign ; the practice of the Protectorate Government foreshadowing, however, a permanent office.

Before the Local Government Act 1972 the area covered by South Yorkshire was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Before he was appointed Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, Tom Brake was the Secretary of the All-Party Group for World Government, Treasurer of the All-Party Human Rights group, a member of the Franco British Parliamentary Relations group.

Before his election to Parliament in 1997, White had been Deputy Leader of Milton Keynes Council and the Secretary of the Local Government Association Labour Group.

Before 1994, the term " Government Leader " was officially used instead of " Premier ," but the title of Premier was later retroactively applied to Government Leaders starting with George Braden in 1980, and had been in informal use for several years, based on the historical precedent set by Frederick W. A. G. Haultain, who used the title of Premier of the North West Territories from 1897 to 1905.

Before World War II, the Nazi Government awarded him the German National Prize for Art and Science.