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 Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government in May 2010, the leader of the third largest parliamentary party ( usually the leader of the Liberal Party, or Liberal Democrats ) would then ask two questions.

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 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 taking complete control over the region, the Spaniards had to defeat the chief Petecuy, whose tribe inhabited the area between the river Lilí and the Western Cordillera.

Before Landrieu was elected, there were no high-ranking black employees or officials in City Hall ; he worked actively to change this by appointing African Americans to top positions, including Chief Administrative Officer, the number two position in the executive branch of city government.

Before the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, Henry Fok was a member of the Drafting Committee for the Basic Law of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ( SAR ), the vice-chairman of the Preliminary Working Committee of Preparatory Committee of the Hong Kong SAR, and the vice-chairman of the Preparatory Committee of Hong Kong SAR.

Before taking her seat in the Senate, Kirk worked as a solicitor at a leading Adelaide commercial law firm, as a Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law at the University of Adelaide, and as an Industrial Officer at the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees ' Association ( SDA ) in South Australia.

Before the tree became protected by law in 1971, there were lumber-mills in Araucanía Region which specialized in Araucarias.

Before the split, Southern Tagalog was the largest region in terms of both population and area. Map of Southern Tagalog Region

Before Region 1 was modified by Ferdinand Marcos, Pangasinan was not part of the region.

Before 1945 the dialect was spoken along the entire German Baltic Coast, from Mecklenburg, through Pomerania, West Prussia into certain villages of the East Prussian Memel-Klaipėda Region.

Before 1979, the Canadian Region was largely seen to follow in the contractual footsteps of the larger US-UAW, and despite growing differences, continued under the auspice of the UAW until 1985.

Before Region Skåne was formed in 1999 on a trial basis, the regional development was the responsibility of a Regional Association, comprising the 33 municipalities together with the then current health services principals, namely the Kristianstad and Malmöhus county councils and the Health Services authority in the City of Malmö.

Before 1999, Qikiqtaaluk Region existed under slightly different boundaries as the Baffin Region, District of Keewatin, Northwest Territories.

Before the 20th century, the Inuvialuit Settlement Region was primarily inhabited by Siglit Inuit who spoke the Siglitun dialect, but in the second half of the 19th century, their numbers were dramatically reduced by the introduction of new diseases.

Before the Molly Maguires: The Emergence of the Ethnoreligious Factor in the Politics of the Lower Anthracite Region: 1844-1872.

Before 1999, Kivalliq Region existed under slightly different boundaries as Keewatin Region, Northwest Territories.

Before 1999, Kitikmeot Region existed under slightly different boundaries as Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Territories.

Before the sectorisation of BR in 1982 the system was split into regions: those operating around London were London Midland Region ( Marylebone, Euston, St Pancras and Broad Street ), Southern Region ( Waterloo, Victoria, Charing Cross, Holborn Viaduct, Cannon Street and London Bridge ), Western Region ( Paddington ) and Eastern Region ( King's Cross, Moorgate, Broad Street, Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street ).

Before being elected federally, he was involved in politics in the Waterloo Region from 1978 to 1997.

Before joining Hancock, Mr. Budd was President-New England at Bell Atlantic Corporation ( now Verizon Communications, Inc .), where, among other duties, he was responsible for regulatory and legislative functions for the New England Region.

Before losing in the state semifinals, the team captured the school's only Northern Region football title, by way of a closely contested 15-14 win over West Potomac.