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 the First Buddhist Council, it was proposed that Ananda not be permitted to attend on the grounds that he was not yet an arahant.

Prior to 1991, 80 % of Mongolia's trade was with the former Soviet Union, and 15 % was with other Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ( CMEA ) countries.

Prior to its formal accession to the United Nations, Switzerland had maintained an observer role at the UN's General Assembly and its Economic and Social Council.

Prior to full membership it had no right to a seat as one of the elected members of the UN Security Council.

Prior to the demise of the Papal States, the First Vatican Council had been convened by Pope Pius IX.

Prior to this incident the Council had sold off twelve homeless hostels, tightened homeless acceptance criteria and banned the BBC and Crisis from running a Christmas homeless shelter.

Prior to 1949, however, the Supreme Court did not constitute the court of last resort ; litigants could appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.

Prior to that appointment, Foley was President Emeritus of Pontifical Council for Social Communications and Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari.

Prior to FAS, he worked as the Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Prior to the 2007 elections, the Party had only ever elected one councillor at local level: in May 1990, Roger ( aka Rory ) Winter, representing the Highland Green Party ( Uainich na Gàidhealtachd ), was elected in Nairn as Scotland's first Green regional councillor to the then Highland Regional Council.

Prior to this decision, there had been much diplomacy and debate amongst the members of the United Nations Security Council over how to deal with the situation.

Prior to 2002, the Security Council had passed 16 resolutions on Iraq.

Prior to 1925, all members of the Legislative Council were appointed by the governor.

Prior to this date, the local Council would elect one of their members to be President ( see List of Presidents of the British Virgin Islands ).

Prior to the establishment of the 1663 Sovereign Council, the territories of New France were developed as mercantile colonies.

Prior to 2003, the Legislative Council comprised 44 members from 22 two-member provinces until a 2001 constitutional committee recommended the council be re-organised to the current system.

Prior to reaching the age of 75, Lord Cooke was a Lord of Appeal and a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Prior to 1949, cases could be appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom, and some cases bypassed the Supreme Court of Canada entirely.

Prior to this date, Constantius II ( 337-361 ) and Valens ( 364-378 ) had personally favored Arian or Semi-Arian forms of Christianity, but Valens ' successor Theodosius I supported the Trinitarian doctrine as expounded in the Nicene Creed from the 1st Council of Nicea.

Prior to the establishment of the 1663 Sovereign Council, the highest positions in New France were that of Governor and Lieutenant-General, which were often held by the same person.

Prior to establishment of the Intendant of New France and the Sovereign Council, the Governor shared legislative, executive and judicial powers with the old Council of Quebec, which was established by the royal statues of 1647 and 1648 .< ref >" Jean Talon.

Prior to abolition the Privy Council heard up to twelve cases from New Zealand a year.

Prior to that the Manchester Airport Board operated Manchester Airport from 1986, when the Greater Manchester County Council was disbanded.