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 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 district was built, it mainly was agricultural area with some villages.

Before this, Nuno Álvares Pereira, constable of Portugal, had gained his popular title of " The Holy Constable " by twice defeating the invaders, at the Battle of Atoleiros and at the Battle of Trancoso in the district of Guarda.

Before 1960, Thimphu consisted of a group of hamlets scattered across the valley including Motithang, Changangkha, Changlimithang, Langchupakha, and Taba, some of which constitute districts of the city today ( see below for district details ).

Before holding these positions, he was a district attorney for Alameda County, California, and Attorney General of California.

Before serving in the U. S. Senate, Coats was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Indiana's 4th congressional district from 1981 to 1989.

Before the Second World War it was a villa district.

Before the county established its own government, it was known as Nottoway Parish, a district of Amelia County.

Before the new building was completed, council services had been spread throughout Uxbridge and the rest of the borough and various buildings, as a result of the merging of the former district councils.

City Council District, Before Vistancia AnnexingIn November 1983, Peoria citizens voted to require the direct election of the mayor and in 1989, established a city council district system that separated the city into six geographical districts, each of which elects one member of the city council.

Before being disfranchised by the Democrats ' passage in 1899 of a new state constitution that included discriminatory provisions, black citizens elected four African Americans to the US Congress from North Carolina's 2nd congressional district in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

Before the district was formed by consolidation in 1958, Eastvale operated its own school district.

Before the 2011 district reform, it was the largest district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, but very sparsely populated.

Before the 2010 census, it had been the second-most populous city in the district.

Before 1974 Ilkley was an urban district, a type of local government district.

Before 1996 it was part of the Ryedale district.

Before he became Governor-General Seyn had been a staff officer in the military district of Finland and an aide to the Governor-General.

Before his election to the Senate, Baucus was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1978, representing Montana's ( now defunct ) 1st congressional district.

Before becoming a full-fledged district in 1984, it was part of the Noakhali district.

Before the district was taken over the British it was ruled by the Nawabs.

Before that, the nation was governed by three district chiefs and a council of chiefs.