Before the rise of the mendicant orders ( wandering friars ) in the thirteenth century, the daily services were usually contained in a number of large volumes.

Before the revolution Mubarak tolerated limited political activity by the Brotherhood for his first two terms, but then moved more aggressively to block its influence ( arguably leading to its recent rise in public support ).

Before a new employee could rise to the level of mastery, he had to go through a schooling period during which he was first called an apprentice.

Before the rise of Christianity, the pseudepigrapha of Enochic Judaism, which enjoyed much popularity during the Second Temple period, gave Satan an expanded role.

Before reaching Harbor Beach, the winds turned to the northeast and the lake began to rise.

Before the rise of the Mongols in the 13th century, what is now central and western Inner Mongolia, especially the Hetao region, alternated in control between Chinese agriculturalists in the south and Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan, Jurchen, Tujue, and other Mongol nomads of the north.

Before Tortosa, across the river, rise the massive Ports de Tortosa-Beseit mountains.

Before the rise of journaling file systems, it was common for an improperly shut-down Unix system's file system to develop a corrupted superblock.

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 rise of large ship companies on Lake Michigan, service was done primarily by owner-operated boats.

Before the rise of cotton in the American South, indigo and rice were also sometimes called plantation crops.

Before his rise to power, Dionysius criticized the generals of Syracuse in their poor performance against the Carthagenians.

Before the election, the Tories suggested that it should rise to 66 sooner – by 2016.

Before any of us could rise to examine it, four more lights appeared almost simultaneously, about the same shape, and varying only in size.

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 the rise of Racine, Sainte-Beuve found La Harpe to the best critic of the French school of tragedy.

Before the rise of Birkenhead in the 1820s, it was the largest town in the Wirral Hundred.

Before the rise of the historic tribes, their indigenous ancestors lived along the river for thousands of years.

Before and after the mating season, both males and females make a five to seven note rise on the pitch scale.

Before the " MSG Incident ", Levesque had been booked into the finals of the 1996 King of the Ring tournament during the following summer, but his place-and the push that usually went with it-would instead go to Steve Austin, igniting his rise toward mainstream superstardom and helped the WWF defeat WCW in the Monday Night Wars.

Before the rise of private estates, the only kind of lands were public lands maintained under the old civil administration.

Before Chernenko's rise in the Soviet hierarchy, Kirilenko provided detailed supervision of new party personnel and the economy.

Before the rise of the NSDAP it was the main nationalist party in Weimar Germany composed of nationalists, reactionary monarchists, völkisch, and antisemitic elements, and supported by the Pan-German League.

Before the rise of Newlyn as an important settlement the landing rights and most property within the Newlyn area were owned by the Manor of Alverton.

Before being daughter, wife, or mother, before being cultured ( a word now bereft both socially and politically of the sheen you children of frontiersmen bestowed on it ), before being sorry for the poor, progressive about public health, and prettily if somewhat imprecisely humanitarian, indeed first and foremost, you were a lady.

Before making the news public Sherman sent an officer with the note to Thomas.

Before the Civil War, baseball competed for public interest with cricket and regional variants of baseball, notably town ball played in Philadelphia and the Massachusetts Game played in New England.

Before becoming public, the movement was secretive and held closed meetings in what was known as Sessions of Wisdom.

Before the advent of government-funded public schools, the primary mode of education for those of the lower classes was the charity school, pioneered during the 19th century by Protestant organizations and adapted for use by the Roman Catholic Church and governmental bodies.

Before his death, Meher Baba had made extensive preparations for a public darshan program to be held in Poona ( now Pune ), India.

There is a minimum share capital for public limited companies: Before it can start business, it must have allotted shares to the value of at least £ 50, 000.

Before World War II, rickshaws were an important part of urban public transportation.

Before the construction of the North Portico, most public events were entered from the South Lawn, which was graded and planted by Thomas Jefferson.

Before the end of a winless 1991 season Prost was fired by Ferrari for his public criticism of the team.

Before the marriage of Lady Diana Spencer to her grandson Prince Charles, and after Diana's death, Queen Elizabeth – known for her personal and public charm – was by far the most popular member of the royal family.

Before the 1880s mortality rates in lying-hospitals would reach unacceptably high levels and became an area of public concern.

Before the marching commences, the members of the Royal Family and public sing the national anthem before the Royal Delegation lead out after the main service.

Before the congress was convened, the SED had conducted a " People's Discussion " in order openly to air public concerns related to East Germany's responsibility in honoring the final document of the Helsinki conference.

Before his death the press and public had paid little attention to the extreme risks we took.

Before King Sisyphus died, however, he had told his wife to throw his naked body into the middle of the public square ( purportedly as a test of his wife's love for him ).

Before public electric service was available, a diesel powered generator fed street lights ( and some homes?

Before the establishment of centralized post offices, local offices were established in general stores, railroad depots and other public venues in densely populated areas.

Before the 2008-2009 school year, the arrangement of public schools was as follows:

Before Cullowhee Valley, the public school was in Cordelia Camp Laboratory School from 1964 until 1994, McKee Training School from 1939 until 1964, and Cullowhee Training School from 1923 until 1939.

Before 1894, students had two public school options.

Before Stewart's death, a museum to his memory was opened on the third floor of the local public library, and a bronze statue of Stewart was erected in his honor at the county courthouse during his 75th birthday.

Before 1915, no public water or sewer system was available, and water came from private wells or from nearby springs.

Before the educational system of Byron was moved to Cowley, public education in the town of Byron was provided by Big Horn County School District # 1.