Prior to 31 December 2010, deposits with building societies of up to £ 50, 000 per individual, per institution, were normally protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme ( FSCS ), but Nationwide and Yorkshire Building Societies negotiated a temporary change to the terms of the FSCS to protect members of the societies they acquired in late 2008 / early 2009.

Prior to that Bernd Kellner computed B < sub > n </ sub > to full precision for n = 10 < sup > 6 </ sup > in December 2002 and Oleksandr Pavlyk for n = 10 < sup > 7 </ sup > with ' Mathematica ' in April 2008.

Prior to the 2008 elections, a decision to change the electoral date and extend the parliamentary mandate resulted in major controversy when the Assembly deputies snubbed the president and chose to extend their mandate.

Prior to 2008, Stockholm University had only one student union

Prior to 2008, this event encompassed two jumps from the ski jumping normal hill, and 15 km cross country skiing.

Prior to the inauguration of the 2008 season, Henry Neumann resigned as president and entered politics.

Prior to May 2008, it operated scheduled international services from the USA to Africa and Guyana.

Prior to 1996, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Volunteer Fire Department served the town, with Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue serving until 2001, with Broward Sheriff's Office Department of Fire Rescue & Emergency services providing fire suppression services to the town from 2001 until 2008.

Prior to 1 July 2008, the agency was called the Environment and Heritage Service.

Prior to the November 2008 elections, Irving banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in stores, making it the largest in population dry suburb in North Texas.

Prior to June 17, 2008, Richwood Area Community Hospital was the health care provider until failing financial conditions forced it to close.

Prior to the revamping in 2008, the games played for the car were similar to the pricing games seen on The Price Is Right, but were based on luck rather than having the contestant guess the actual price of the car.

Between October 2008 and June 2009, Askham Bryan College of Agriculture opened its Guisborough Centre, located on the same site as Prior Pursglove College.

Prior to the release of the 2008 Elise SC, the limited production California Edition arrived at dealerships.

Prior to 2008, the university college had nine departments:

Prior to the January 2008 general election, the positions were held by Sir Fred Gollop and Dame Patricia Symmonds.

* Prior, Nick, " Putting a Glitch in the Field: Bourdieu, Actor Network Theory and Contemporary Music ", Cultural Sociology, 2: 3, 2008: pp 301 – 319.

Prior to the NCAA's 2008 rule in Division I regarding the start of the college baseball season, the Golden Gophers would often play home games at Metrodome earlier than other teams in the area to neutralize the advantage of warmer-weather schools starting their seasons earlier in the year.

Prior to the release of their fourth album, Shpongle played a sold out live concert at The Roundhouse venue in Chalk Farm, North London on 31 October 2008.

Prior to the release of ' Kingdom of Comfort ', long-time drummer Stew Smith announced that he would be leaving the band in April 2008.

Prior to Treasure Island, the space was occupied by the Hyde Park Co-Op grocery store, which shut down due to financial difficulties in early 2008.

Prior to 19 April 2008 it was known as Spirit, and intermediately as Flemish Progressives ( VlaamsProgressieven ).

Prior to the 2008 FA Community Shield, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson summarised his opinion of the competition: " It's always a game we never quite use as a do or die thing ; we use it as a barometer for fitness ".

Prior had hoped to pitch again by May or June of the 2008 season, but a shoulder tear during his rehab at the end of May 2008 required surgery that forced him to miss his second consecutive season.

Prior to this, the club won the AFC Champions League title in 2006, becoming the first club from East Asia to win the tournament since the AFC Champions League was launched in its current format in 2003, and for a time being the only team in the world to have become continental champions without ever having won a domestic title.

Prior to the 2002 season, the Buccaneers belonged to the AFC West () and NFC Central (–), while the other three teams were part of the geographically inaccurate NFC West.

Prior to 1947, the only definition of first-class cricket had been one in Great Britain that dated from a meeting at Lord's in May 1894 between the Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC ) committee and the secretaries of the clubs involved in the official County Championship, which had begun in 1890.

Prior to 2005, the LPGA Championship had a " professionals only " rule.

Prior to its inclusion in the World Championship it was held at a multitude of venues in every state of Australia.

Prior to the year 2006, the game was known as the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship.

Prior to joining the NBA, Abdur-Rahim was the USA's leading scorer and rebounder at the 1994 COPABA Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament held in Santa Rosa, Argentina.

Prior to the establishment of the men's World Open, a tournament called the World Amateur Individual Championship was held in the late-1960s and 1970s.

Prior to the introduction of the Impreza into World Rally Championship racing in 1993, the Subaru World Rally Team had fielded its larger mid-size Legacy.

Prior to the 1982 World Championship Spencer beat Alex Higgins ( who would win the world title a few weeks later ) 6 – 0 in the semi-final of the Highland Masters in Inverness.

Prior to 2008, from when it has been awarded to the Canadian Championship winners, the men's title was decided on regular-season matches between Canada's USL First Division sides.

Prior to the inception of the Formula 1 World Championship, the first instance of grid positions being determined by qualifying times was in the 1934 Monaco Grand Prix.

Prior to becoming a coach, Trotz played for the WHL's Regina Pats from 1979 to 1982 winning the WHL Championship in 1980.

Prior to Swedish Athletics Championship 2013, the current six running tracks widened to eight, and both seat grandstand and the earthworks plan is stripped to make room.

Prior to his release, Lawler was scheduled to take part in a Battle Royal for the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship, but he was replaced by Maven.

He also took part in the final two matches of England's time in the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship, replacing the injured Matt Prior.

Prior to playing for the senior team, he played on the under-17 team that finished runners-up to Switzerland at the 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.

Prior to his 2002 move to the United States, Diffey commented on the Superbike World Championship and presented coverage of the World Rally Championship for the BBC in the United Kingdom.

Prior to that, it was called the " Oregon Classic " or the " State Championship Game.

Prior to Rock City, the building was called The Heart of the Midlands, which hosted variety acts including the inaugural World Professional Darts Championship in 1978.

Prior to formation of the IRC, clubs from the eight Ivy League schools had competed in the Ivy Rugby Championship Tournament since 1969.

Prior to the introduction of the Rally Japan, the location had already hosted the Rally Hokkaido, which has been part of the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship since 2002.

Prior to 2007, the Volvo Masters was held one week before the Tour Championship to allow golfers who are members of both the European and PGA Tours to participate, but this changed after the PGA Tour rescheduled their event to mid-September.

Prior to the match, however, Skyfire was attacked by Charles " The Hammer " Evans, with whom Skyfire had also been feuding, and was replaced in the match by Chet Jablonski ( Chet the Jet ) who pinned Punk to win the OVW Heavyweight Championship.

Prior to its first participation in the 1982 World Rally Championship season, 200 road-going models were built to comply with Group B regulations.