Before 1998, the United Kingdom profile contained a sentence that asserted the UK had gained independence on 1 January 1801.

Lieutenant General Ēmile Janssens, the FP commander, wrote during a meeting of soldiers that ' Before independence = After Independence ', pouring cold water on the soldiers ' desires for an immediate raise in their status.

Before Haiti established its independence from French administration in 1804, Haiti ranked as the world's richest and most productive colony.

Before the departure of British colonial rule and the subsequent independence of Pakistan, the population of the city included Hindus and Sikhs, but the community is still present numbering around 250, 000 residents.

Before Libya achieved independence, its name was seldom used other than as a somewhat imprecise geographical expression.

Before independence, most Hindus did not have the right to cast votes and were not eligible to contest elections although were the majority ethnic group of the population.

Before independence, he was the leader of the Zionist militant group Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah.

Before becoming Pope, he spent time at the then very liberal and cosmopolitan University of Padua, which maintained considerable independence from the Church and had a very international character.

Before Sierra Leone gained independence in 1961, the military was known as the Royal Sierra Leone Military Force.

Before independence, the thirteen were part of a larger set of colonies in British America.

Before his consecration he became known for supporting ecclesiastical independence from Rome, maintenance of the Great Charter and the exclusion of foreigners from civil and ecclesiastical office.

Before Greek civilization had assumed its historic form, there was likely to have been great freedom and independence of different localities in the matter of lyre stringing, which is corroborated by the antique use of the chromatic ( half-tone ) and enharmonic ( quarter-tone ) tunings pointing to an early exuberance, and perhaps also to a bias towards refinements of intonation.

Before independence, others identified a Japanese fifth column in India and some thought the British would retain certain princely states to serve them in that role.

Before India's independence, the provincial region was a part of Bombay Presidency of British India.

The Image Before the Weapon: A Critical History of the Distinction Between Combatant and Civilian ( Cornell University Press ; 2011 ) 264 pages ; explores ambiguities and inconsistencies in the principle since its earliest formulation ; discusses how the world wars and the Algerian war of independence shaped the issue.

Before all other heads of State, Pope Benedict XV in October 1918 congratulated the Polish people on their independence.

Before all other heads of State, Pope Benedict XV in October 1918 congratulated the Polish people to their independence.

Before leaving, he and his family travelled to Belfast, and it was at the summit of Cavehill that Tone made the famous Cavehill compact with fellow United Irishmen, Russel and McCracken, promising " Never to desist in our efforts until we subvert the authority of England over our country and asserted our independence ".

Before Lithuania regained independence, the city was generally known in English as Kovno, the traditional Slavicized form of its name ; the Polish name is Kowno ; the Belarusian name is Koўнa, Kowna.

Before independence, the British Viceroy was sometimes referred to in the Irish language as, literally ' the deputy king '.

Before independence, he founded the political party called the Senegalese Democratic Bloc.

Before this, Quiriguá had been a vassal state of Copán, but it maintained its independence afterwards.

Before this assembly could be installed, a Popular Assembly called by the City Council which included deputies from the provinces and the citizenry of Guatemala declared independence and the Deed of Declaration of Independence (" Acta de Independencia ") was signed and proclaimed on September 15, 1821, which is now recognized as Independence Day by five Central American republics.

Before Indian independence in 1947, Malappuram was a part of Malabar District in the Madras Presidency of British India.

Before his mentor Sholes died in 1968, Atkins had become vice president of RCA's country division.

All Genoshan mutants leave for Asteroid M. Before long, the country is taken over by Magneto who is ready to declare war on humanity with the Genoshan mutants by his side, following an attack on Professor X during an anti-mutant summit.

Before Koštunica, the country was placed under international sanctions.

Before the Lebanese Civil War ( 1975 – 1990 ), the country experienced a period of relative calm and prosperity, driven by tourism, agriculture, and banking.

Before the break off of dialogue, a letter written by a group of Colombian intellectuals ( among whom were Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez ) to the Simón Bolívar Guerrilla Coordinating Board was released denouncing the approach taken by the FARC-EP and the dire consequences that it was having for the country.

Before that time the region between the Vaal and Limpopo was scarcely known to Europeans, but in 1829, Mzilikazi was visited at Mosega by Robert Moffat, and between that date and 1836 a few British traders and explorers visited the country and made known its principal features.

Before 1800, its free black community founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church ( AME ), the first independent black denomination in the country, and the first black Episcopal Church.

Before the RTAA, if Congress wanted to establish a lower tariff for particular imports, it would act unilaterally, taking the foreign country ’ s tariff rate as fixed.

Before 1974, that role had been filled by Famagusta which is now located in the Turkish controlled part of the island which is not recognised as a legal port by any country except Turkey.

Before they went on to become major stars in the country music recording industry, Kathy Mattea and Trisha Yearwood worked as tour guides at the Music Row museum.

He said, " Before my boy left, before his time was gone, I wanted him to see the beauty of his country and its people.

Before the election of 2004, Karzai led the country after being chosen by delegates of the Bonn Conference in December 2001 to head an interim government after the removal of the Taliban Emirate.

Before long Helen is invited to join them for a Sunday in the country, and she gladly accepts to avoid another dreary and empty weekend.

:: Example: " Before Blakely, courts around the country had found that " statutory minimum " was the maximum sentence allowed by law for the crime, rather than the maximum standard range sentence.

" Before the time of Hellen, son of Deucalion ... the country went by the names of the different tribes, in particular of the Pelasgian.

Before the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Act in 1986, the Salvation Army was active throughout the country gathering signatures for a petition seeking to prevent the bill's passing.

Before its invention, wet country roads became muck and were often nearly impassable.

Before 421 he was sent to the powerful patricius Flavius Constantius ( briefly Emperor in 421 ), to ask for a tax reduction for his own country.

Before these exchanges, the country was much more isolated on the international stage.

Before the outbreak of hostilities, on 10 November 1845, President James K. Polk, had sent his envoy, John Slidell, to Mexico to offer the country around $ 5 million for the territory of Nuevo México, and up to $ 40 million for Alta California ( the present State of California ).

Before Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, it was common in country districts for shepherds to apply this cheese to wounds in order to avoid gangrene.

Before, the country was divided into nine bigger units, also called oblast.

Before the 1996 Act was passed, the largest four ILECs owned less than half of all the lines in the country while five years later the largest four local telephone companies own about 85 % of all the lines in the country.