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 1888 Republican National Convention, federal judge Walter Q. Gresham sought Fairbanks's help in seeking the nomination for U. S. President.

Prior to 1870, the portion of the Republican valley that now includes Harlan County was a prized hunting ground for the Native Americans ; and the threat of attack deterred white settlement in the area.

Prior Lake is located in Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, represented by John Kline, a Republican, who is conservative on a variety of social issues, scoring 2. 8 % progressive on a range of issues and 88 % conservative based on 2006 House votes.

Prior to the 2004 election, Buchanan announced he once again identified himself as a Republican, declared that he had no interest in ever running for president again, and reluctantly endorsed Bush's 2004 re-election, writing:

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 his election as governor, Chafee served in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1999 until losing his Senate re-election bid in 2006 to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse.

Prior to her gubernatorial administration, Lingle served as Maui County mayor, council member, and chair of the Hawaii Republican Party.

Prior to leaving office, Foster quarreled with fellow Republican Representative David Vitter over expanded gambling on Indian reservations.

Prior to being sworn in to the 108th Congress, Majority Whip Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, named Bonner an Assistant Whip.

Prior to their divorce in 1999, she was married to Republican businessman William Tauscher, former Chairman and CEO of Vanstar Corporation, current director of Safeway, Inc., and founder of the Tauscher Group, which invests and assists in the management of enterprises in home products, transportation, security and real estate.

Prior to his election to the House, Green served for six years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, where he chaired both the Judiciary Committee and Assembly Republican Caucus.

Prior to Van Hollen's election, incumbent Connie Morella had won eight elections in the district, despite the fact that she was a Republican in a district where Democrats far outnumbered Republicans.

Prior to 1956, the region had almost always provided the only victories for Democratic challengers to popular Republican incumbent presidents.

Prior to the Condor Legion raid, the town had not been directly involved in the fighting, although Republican forces were in the area ; 23 battalions of Basque army troops were at the front east of Guernica.

Prior to the coup d ' état of August 2005, Mauritania was a one party dominant state with the Democratic and Social Republican Party in power.

Prior to 2006, Knollenberg's election was widely considered to be relatively easy given the traditionally Republican leanings of Troy, the largest city in his district.

Prior to enlisting in the Army, Moulitsas was a member of the Republican Party.

Prior to the 2008 United States Presidential Election, on September 16, 2008, Obama legal counsel announced that they would be seeking an injunction to stop an alleged caging scheme in Michigan wherein the state Republican party would use home foreclosure lists to challenge voters still using their foreclosed home as a primary address at the polls.

Prior to the 2002 midterm elections, where the Republican Party saw gains in both branches of Congress, Sabato's Crystal Ball website accurately predicted the outcome in 433 of the 435 contests for the House of Representatives and 32 of 34 Senate races.

Prior to the 2004 parliamentary election, the Republican Party was part of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance ( DTA ).

Prior to becoming the President of the Heritage Foundation, Feulner was the Executive Director of the Republican Study Committee.

Prior to the elections, Volkov was the speaker of the Udmurtia Republican Legislature.

Prior to that he was Chairman of the College Republican National Committee ( CRNC ) in July 2003 and served until 2005.

Prior to that he was elected Chairman of the College Republican National Committee ( CRNC ) in July 2003 and served until 2005.