Before then, the government was a Crown colony consisting of either colonial administration solely ( such as the Executive Council ), or a mixture of colonial rule and a partially elected assembly, such as the Legislative Council.

Before that, it had been the capital of the Jin, who did not rule all of China.

Before that rule change, a forward pass had to be made from 5 or more yards behind the line of scrimmage.

Before the Industrial Revolution in the mid-to-late 19th century, demand for oriental goods remained the driving force behind European imperialism, and ( with the important exception of British East India Company rule in India ) the European stake in Asia remained confined largely to trading stations and strategic outposts necessary to protect trade.

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 beginning treatment for mania, careful differential diagnosis must be performed to rule out non-psychiatric causes.

Before their overthrow they use the Sagoths, a race of gorilla-men who speak the same language as Tarzan's apes, to enforce their rule over the human tribes within the area which they rule.

Before Clay's election as Speaker of the House, the position had been that of a rule enforcer and mediator.

Before departing to Rome, he summoned Conanus, the rebellious nephew of Octavius, and asked him to rule as king of the land, which was renamed Brittany, or ' Little Britain '.

Before a diagnosis of anxiety disorder is made, physicians must rule out drug-induced anxiety and medical causes.

Before 1900, Peirce treated abduction as the use of a known rule to explain an observation, e. g., it is a known rule that if it rains the grass is wet ; so, to explain the fact that the grass is wet ; one infers that it has rained.

Before the rule change, Canada submitted one film in a different language — Atanarjuat ( 2001 ), shot in Inuktitut.

Before this rule, missed field goals were ( if unreturned ) touchbacks, with the ball placed at the 20-yard line.

Before overthrowing the rule of Enshakushana of the Second Uruk Dynasty and becoming monarch, the king-list says she was a tavern-keeper.

Before World War I, most of Podgorica's economy was in trade and small-scale manufacture – an economic model established during the long rule of the Ottoman Empire.

Before falling under Turkish rule, Andros was from AD 1207 till 1566 governed by the families Zeno and Sommaripa under Venetian protection ( see: Duchy of the Archipelago ).

Before that, the Defender of the Eastern Section ( 東部都尉 ) was put to rule former Lintun's seven prefectures.

Before the introduction of the New Life rule, the scores from the team competition carried over into the all-around and event finals, and could have a negative or positive effect on the gymnast's efforts in subsequent sessions.

( Before this rule, the Jack could not drop back into coverage until the ball is thrown or the Quarterback is no longer in the pocket, and the Jack had to stay within the box designated by the outside shoulders of the offensive line, the line of scrimmage, and five ( 5 ) yards back from the line of scrimmage.

The current rule ( GR 5. 4 ), as posted on FINA's website, states " Before any swimwear of new design, construction or material is used in competition, the manufacturer of such swimwear must submit the swimwear to FINA and obtain approval of FINA ".

Before this time, the Hohenzollern sovereign had held many titles and crowns, from Supreme Governor of the Protestant Churches ( summus episcopus ) to King, Elector, Grand Duke, Duke for the various regions and realms under his rule.

Before communist rule in China, many villages still had shrines or places of worship dedicated to nature gods such as Shu, and Nakhi inhabitants of Tacheng, which is in the Lijiang-Nakhi Autonomous county, still profess belief in the " nature and man " relationship.

Before the mention of Alemanni in the time of Caracalla, you would search in vain for Alemanni in the moderately detailed geography of southern Germany in Claudius Ptolemy, written in Greek in the mid-2nd century ; it is likely that at that time, the people who later used that name were known by other designations.

Before his death, he is thought to have named Aurelian as his successor, although Claudius ' brother Quintillus briefly seized power.

Before Augustus married Livia, Tiberius Claudius Nero was declared Drusus ' biological father.

Before the Middle Ages, it was used as an anesthetic for surgery ; the ancient Romans used it as a poison ( the wife of Emperor Augustus and the wife of Claudius both used it to murder contemporaries ); and predating this, it was used to make poison-tipped arrows.

Before Laertes returns to France ( he had returned to attend the coronation of King Claudius ), his father, Polonius, gives him advice to behave himself in France.

Before the end of the northern summer in 268, the events at Mediolanum were to see the assassination of Gallienus, the defeat of Aureolus, and the accession of Claudius II.

Before he left the apartment he knocked on their door and asked if there was anything he could do for them.

Before your first training experiment has ended there will be a big improvement and almost before you know it you'll be raising and lowering yourself just like a veteran!!

Before coming on a visit to Spelman in 1885, Miss Mary had been a successful teacher in Worcester, and her position there was held open for her for a considerable period.

Before that time, at the peak of the last ice age ( c. 16, 000 BC ) sea levels everywhere were 130 metres lower, and there were large well-watered coastal plains instead of much of the northern Aegean.

Before 1938, the federal courts, like almost all other common law courts, decided the law on any issue where the relevant legislature ( either the U. S. Congress or state legislature, depending on the issue ), had not acted, by looking to courts in the same system, that is, other federal courts, even on issues of state law, and even where there was no express grant of authority from Congress or the Constitution.

" Generally, comics are not allowed to include such words as " damn ", " sucks ", " screwed " and " hell ", although there have been exceptions such as the September 22, 2010 Mother Goose and Grimm in which an elderly man says, " This nursing home food sucks ," and a pair of Pearls Before Swine comics from January, 2011 with a character named Ned using the word " crappy ".

Before there was an official standard for C, many users and implementors relied on an informal specification contained in a book by Ritchie and Brian Kernighan ; that version is generally referred to as " K & R " C. In 1989 the American National Standards Institute published a standard for C ( generally called " ANSI C " or " C89 ").

Before World War I there were more than 3, 500 cheese producers in Britain, while fewer than 100 remained after the Second World War.

* " Before the Day of Judgment there will be great liars, so beware of them.

Before production of the film began, Coppola went to his mentor Roger Corman for advice about shooting in the Philippines, since Corman had filmed several pictures there.

Before the first Europeans arrived, there was no written history in the territory.

Before 2007 there existed only a few other places on the Formula 1 calendar with a body of water close to the track.

Before Cantor, there were only finite sets ( which are easy to understand ) and " the infinite " ( which was considered a topic for philosophical, rather than mathematical, discussion ).

Before cheap Internet, there were some geographically compact communities where the culture encouraged Weinberg's egoless programming, and a developer could easily attract a lot of skilled kibitzers and co-developers.

Before the Great Hunger (" Irish Potato Famine "), in which over a million died and more emigrated, there had been the Penal Laws which had already resulted in significant emigration from Ireland.

* Without Colors — Before there was an atmosphere, everything was the same shade of gray.

Before the 1960s deinstitutionalization there were earlier efforts to free psychiatric patients.

Before you get there, I am going to find your mother and fuck her ".

Before 1780 there was no good method for making copies of letters or drawings.

Philby found that the award proved helpful in obtaining access to fascist circles: " Before then ," he later wrote, " there had been a lot of criticism of British journalists from Franco officers who seemed to think that the British in general must be a lot of Communists because so many were fighting with the International Brigades.

Before 1995 there were five known consistent superstring theories ( henceforth referred to as string theories ), which were given the names Type I string theory, Type IIA string theory, Type IIB string theory, heterotic SO ( 32 ) ( the HO string ) theory, and heterotic E < sub > 8 </ sub >× E < sub > 8 </ sub > ( the HE string ) theory.

Before World War I there was a well-known colony of Molokans that had been exiled to the Caucasus ( an area long within Russian hegemony ), mainly to what is now Armenia, Azerbaijan, and eastern Turkey ( Kars plain ).

Before the league was started, there were strong rumors that the NBA would purchase the CBA, and call it its developmental league, as the Continental Basketball Association was its " minor league " affiliate for years.

Before the Cambrian era, it becomes much more difficult since there are fewer rock exposures preserved.

Before the vaccine was introduced in 1963, there were an estimated 3 – 4 million