Prior to then, Essendon had ( and still have ) one of the worst records amongst current AFL clubs against Geelong in recent times, having only beaten the Cats once since 2003.

Prior to this system being put in place, users could " double dose " if they were able to convince the prescriber to give them a new prescription to replace the one that they had " lost ", by taking each prescription to a different pharmacy.

His favoured candidate, William Whitelaw, lost to Thatcher in the second vote one week later ( Thatcher 146, Whitelaw 79, Howe 19, Prior 19, Peyton 11 ).

Prior to Ipsus, he had never before lost a battle.

During this period, about the year 1279, as the purposes of the Order shifted from that of religious hospitallers to a more military role, the position of Prior, the Order's religious head, lost its pre-eminent position.

Prior to the World Cup the Mannschaft lost in a friendly to England 2 – 1, another friendly against Argentina 1 – 0, and less than a year after the World Cup Germany lost against Australia 2 – 1.

Prior to the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco, Wallace and his aides Bill Jones and Seymore Trammell met in the Jefferson Davis Hotel in Montgomery with Alabama Republican leader James D. Martin, who had narrowly lost the U. S. Senate election in 1962 to J. Lister Hill.

Prior to the bout, Arce stated that he would retire from boxing if he woild have lost.

Prior to the run, the Skins were 5 – 7 and, in addition to suffering through the Taylor tragedy, the team had lost starting OG Randy Thomas, OT Jon Jansen, CB Carlos Rogers, OLB Rocky McIntosh, and QB Jason Campbell to injury.

Prior to this, the voting was leaning heavily to taking the pawn on b2 ( see diagram ), which probably would have lost quickly.

Prior to being deposed, Velasco had been seriously ill for at least a year ; he had lost a leg to an embolism, and his cognitive abilities and personality were rumoured to have been affected by related circulatory problems.

Prior to 1920 he had won a number of Canadian doubles titles, but at the U. S. National Championships in 1918 and 1919 he lost the singles final to Robert Lindley Murray and " Little Bill " Johnston respectively in straight sets.

Prior to the World Cup in 1995, the Springboks were only seeded ninth and were not expected to dethrone the incumbent champions Australia, who had not lost a game in the preceding 12 months.

Prior to that, the Pittsburgh Penguins gave up a 3-0 lead in the quarterfinal round to the New York Islanders in the 1975 Stanley Cup playoffs to lose 4-3, and in the 1942 Stanley Cup Finals, when the Detroit Red Wings lost a 3-0 lead to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Prior to the 1996 elections Aloni finally lost the leadership of the party, defeated by Sarid in internal elections.

Prior to the 1993 federal election, he again tried for a Liberal nomination, but this time lost to John Cannis.

Later on, with 5: 31 left in the game, Kirby lost a fumble while being tackled by Green Bay defensive back Mike Prior, and Hayes recovered the ball on the 49ers 32-yard line.

Prior to Hilda coming into his life Solness had lost his zest for the project, however Hilda and her plan to build a " castle in the air " together with Solness soon preoccupies Solness ' mind and he renews his efforts.

Prior to the loss of the Sanction, the two groups were completing a deal for the barrel, but with the other trade components lost, the Brekkans consider the deal null-and-void.

Prior to that, the party had most recently lost power at the 2003 general election, held on 16 June 2003, when the party won only 42. 2 % of the popular votes and five out of thirteen elected seats.

Prior to 1 July 2000 franking credits were " wasting ", any excess over one's total tax payable was lost.

Prior to the suspension of operations, the team lost $ 1. 5 million during the 2010 – 11 ECHL season.

Prior to the NRL season the Broncos, under Lockyer, lost the 2007 World Club Challenge to St Helens.

Prior to the game's first level, Sanjuro had lost his brother, Toshiro ; his best friend, Baku ; and his girlfriend, Kura, during the war.

* Prior to Ragnarök, there will be three hard winters without an intervening summer, the Fimbulwinter.

Prior to the bout, there were concerns about how Chávez would handle the move up in weight against the hard punching Puerto Rican.

Prior to research on the mounds in 2000, it was thought that Lophelia required a hard substratum for attachment.

Prior to the report, according to Jackson, HUD had a hard time figuring out if national or local programs were working and a tough time just trying to figure out where the homeless might be on a given night.

Prior to this, Bell discontinued the 5900 single tuner SDTV PVR receiver with a built-in hard drive to record up to 80 hours of programming.

Prior to the production of Borazon, diamond was the preferred abrasive used for grinding very hard superalloys but it could not be used effectively on steels because carbon tends to dissolve in iron at high temperatures.

Prior to the brawl, Everblades forward Greg Hornby checked Greenville's Vladimir Gusev hard into the boards behind the net, causing Gusev to leave the game injured.

Prior to Devaney's arrival, Nebraska football had fallen on hard times with seven consecutive losing seasons.

Prior to the arrival of British forces to Baghdad, the power vacuum erupted into a series of massacres and looting ( Farhud ), in which the Baghdadi Jewish community was hit particularly hard.

Prior to his resignation, in 1991, Daim ’ s contribution was succinctly summed up as thus: “ Despite having much of his tenure clouded in controversy, the outgoing Finance Minister has nonetheless earned the reputation as one of the country ’ s ablest economic architects, having steered Malaysia through recession into four straight years of high growth .” In another article, “ Daim exits office having earned the distinction of being a hard – driving technocrat, who resisted pressure by rival ministers who wanted to alter fiscal policy for political expediency ….”

Prior to achieving municipal status, the local residents had fought several county-proposed developments, including an offshore freeway, a nuclear power plant, and several plans to replace septic tanks with sewer lines.

Prior to its engagement in World War I, the Empire of Japan fought in two significant wars after its establishment following the Meiji Revolution.

Their month-long siege however, was ineffective, as a small force consisting of monks from the Jasna Gora monastery led by their Prior and supported by local volunteers, mostly from the szlachta ( Polish nobility ), fought off the numerically superior Germans mercenaries, saved their sacred icon, the Black Madonna of Częstochowa and, according to some accounts, turned the course of the war.

Prior to reaching Basra, A Squadron ( with 1BWBG ) fought in and around Az Zubayr and C Squadron was detached from the SCOTS DG BG to fight with 3 Commando Brigade ( 3 Cdo Bde ) south of Basra that included Britain's largest tank engagement since the Gulf War, when 14 Challenger 2 tanks, engaged and destroyed 14 Iraqi tanks ( the so-called ' 14 – 0 ' engagement ).

Prior to the battle, the Muslims and Meccans had fought several smaller skirmishes in late 623 and early 624, as the Muslim ghazawāt ( prophet-led battles ) had become more frequent.

Prior to facing off against Superman, Doomsday battles Supergirl and the Justice League, a situation that editor Eddie Berganza noted resembled the initial The Death of Superman issue where Doomsday fought the League before his confrontation with Superman.

Prior to physical conditioning, a gamecock that is to be fought or shown is often groomed.

Prior to the show's start, they had had a falling over Rebecca's decision to drop out of school and take up modelling ; then, they fought over Rebecca's verbally abusive boyfriend ; later, they fought over Rebecca's decision to be artificially inseminated.

Prior to becoming high king he fought the Battle of Druim Fornocht with his rival in 727.

Prior to the 17th Century, Highlanders had fought in tight formations, led by a heavily armoured warrior elite, that carried heavy battle-axes or two-handed broadswords known as claidheamh mor or " claymores " – meaning " great sword " in Scottish Gaelic.

Prior to the bankruptcy filing, Mirant had attempted to expand the Potrero plant, but neighborhood and community activists fought the proposal for five years and on March 2, 2006, the California Public Utilities Commission announced its rejection of Mirant's expansion plans.

Prior to Nagashino, Nobuharu was reputed to have fought in 21 battles without receiving a single wound.

Prior to grouping, the " Battle of Havant " took place between the LB & SCR and the L & SWR when the two railway companies fought for the right to use LB & SCR tracks into Havant in order for the L & SWR to reach Portsmouth.