* Accreditation of Prior Learning ( UK ) refers to a reduction in the amount of study required to pass a degree, due to previous experience or study.

Prior to the 1995 season, the Rockies acquired free-agent outfielder Larry Walker, previously of the Montreal Expos, who replaced Kingery as the 4th member of the " Blake Street Bombers "— named after the street on which the new ballpark ( Coors Field ) was located — along with Galarraga, Bichette, and third baseman Vinny Castilla, who had played sparingly with the major-league club during the previous season.

Prior to 2005, after the top two cars were set, the top 14 cars in the qualifying races advanced to the field, and then between six ( 1998 – 2003 ), eight ( 1995 – 97, 2004 ), or ten ( until 1994 ) fastest cars which did not advance from the qualifying race were added, and, since 1976, between one and seven cars were added by previous year's points performance and or championship, except for 1985, when no such car was eligible for a provisional starting spot, the only time that happened in the Daytona 500 from when the provisional was added in 1976 through 2004.

Prior to round one of the 1998 season, Carey booted six second half goals in the Ansett Cup Grand Final against St Kilda, earning himself the Michael Tuck Medal, as the best on ground in the pre-season Grand Final, and issuing an ominous warning to the rest of the competition that he was over his injury woes of the previous year.

:" Prior to ... 1969, only one Supreme Court case, three court of appeals ' decisions, and one district court decision in the previous quarter-century featured an anonymous individual as the sole or lead plaintiff.

Prior to the concert, the promoters of the event were determined to avoid the gate-crashing that had occurred at previous festivals, and had characterized the site as " defensible ", describing the 12-foot plywood and steel fence intended to keep out those without tickets.

( Prior to their collaboration on Day After Tomorrow, Baez had covered two Earle songs, " Christmas in Washington " and " Jerusalem ," on previous albums.

Prior to the start of the campaign, the Predators announced defenceman Kimmo Timonen as the team's new captain, while naming Kariya and Steve Sullivan as alternates ( the two served in that role the previous season, as well, but not on a permanent basis ).

Prior to the start of the tournament, hopes were not as high for Germany as in previous tournaments ( even in Germany itself ), even though it was the host nation.

" Prior to their creation, nearly all the previous villains in the series were considered too likable.

Prior previous questions may bias later questions.

Prior policy saw the two head coaches that appeared in the previous year's Stanley Cup Finals coaching the All-Star teams.

Prior to the 3rd Intermediate Period of Egypt from the ( 15th century BCE ), names of semitic-speaking pastoral cattle nomadic peoples of the Levant appear, replacing previous Egyptian concern with the Hurrianised ' prw (' Apiru or Habiru ).

Prior to the 2012 season, the visitor bullpen was reconfigured to be parallel to the field after the previous visitor bullpen configuration had excessive amount of heat during hot weather games.

Prior to LZMA, most encoder models were purely byte-based ( i. e. they coded each bit using only a cascade of contexts to represent the dependencies on previous bits from the same byte ).

Prior to the 1975-76 season a group of Maryland businessmen bought the troubled Memphis franchise ( which the ABA league officers had taken over midway through the previous season ) for $ 1 million and relocated it to Baltimore.

Prior to the football team taking the field, a highlight video of previous games is shown on the jumbotron, nicknamed " Duckvision ".

Prior to 0. 58, three consecutive releases ( 0. 55 – 0. 57 ) were made to fix significant security holes in previous versions, some allowing client compromise even before the server is authenticated.

Prior to the legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland, this borough sent two Members to the Irish Parliament ; since 1800 it has returned one to the Imperial Parliament, and so close has been this corporation, that for 50 years previous to the last general election, the nominee of the Dawson family, commonly a total stranger to the borough, was always returned without a contest.

Prior to their previous " Big Hits B104. 3 " format, WNNP simulcast WJZA's smooth jazz programming under the WJZK call letters.

Prior to the construction of this version of Exposition Park, two previous ballparks of the same name were similarly situated along the Allegheny.

Prior to this, he was a lifelong Struan's employee, a son and grandson of previous tai-pans.

Prior to Expedition 1, Krikalev expected the ISS to be very similar to his experience on Mir ten years previous, due to the physical similarities of the stations ' components.

Prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Noguchi had set the second fastest time in the world for the previous year.

Prior to his death, according to the Book of Jubilees, Amram was among those who went to Egypt and recovered the bones of the sons of his grandfather and great uncles ( excluding those of Joseph which had already been brought to Canaan ), so that they could be reburied in the cave of Machpelah.

Prior to his death, he had, at his wife Plectrude's urging, designated Theudoald, his grandson by their son Grimoald, his heir in the entire realm.

Prior to his death, Parsons stated that he wanted his body cremated at Joshua Tree and his ashes spread over Cap Rock, a prominent natural feature there ; however, Parsons ' stepfather arranged for a private ceremony back in New Orleans and neglected to invite any of his friends from the music industry.

Prior to his death the building housing much of Life Sciences at Sussex was renamed the John Maynard Smith Building, in his honour.

Prior to Downey's death, Spin in April 1989 had identified the " Wipe Out " authorship as a myth.

Prior to his death, Mahfouz was the oldest living Nobel Literature laureate and the third oldest of all time, trailing only Bertrand Russell and Halldor Laxness.

Prior to his death, he suffered from a bleeding ulcer, kidney problems, and cardiac failure.

Prior to his death in 799, al-Kadhem was said to have prophesied that " A man will come out from Qom and he will summon people to the right path ".

Prior to his death, he had his chief officers swear an oath of loyalty to Izz al-Din, as he was the only Zengid ruler strong enough to oppose Saladin.

Prior to Carroll Rosenbloom's death, the Rams had already announced their intentions to leave the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and move to Anaheim Stadium in Orange County for the 1980 season.

Prior to his death, Lee told his then only two living instructors Kimura and Inosanto ( James Yimm Lee had died in 1972 ) to dismantle his schools.

Prior to his sudden death in December 983, Otto II had installed Pope John XIV, a non-Roman who had served as Otto II's chancellor in Italy, on the chair of St. Peter.

Prior to his mother's death, Daley had won the Democratic nomination for Cook County sheriff.

Prior to Chris Farley's death, the two lived in adjacent residences.

The Prior of Crato held out in the Azores until 1583, and continued to actively seek to recover the throne until his death in 1595.

Prior to his death, Marlon Brando provided some voice work for Vito, which was eventually deemed unusable and was dubbed over by a Brando impersonator.

Prior to crucifixion, victims were often savagely whipped with barbed metal lashes, to induce exsanguination ( bleeding to death ).

Prior to his arrival in the Republic, the death of Marco Ricci in 1730 had created an opening in the field of landscape painting amid a marketplace crowded with history painters, and Zuccarelli's unique blend of countryside and Arcadia quickly achieved success.

Prior to King Henry's death in 1547, several statements of position were issued.

Prior to the invention of cardiopulmonary resuscitation ( CPR ), defibrillation, epinephrine injection, and other treatments in the 20th century, the absence of blood circulation ( and vital functions related to blood circulation ) was historically considered to be the official definition of death.

( Prior to this, the death penalty had already been abolished for murder, but it had remained in force for certain military offences and treason, although no executions had been carried out for several decades.

" Prior to Morgan's death, he also added of his mentor's six-decade career: " He was one of the foundational pieces of the industry.

Prior to the January 11, 2003 commutation of death row sentences, male death row inmates were housed in Tamms, Menard, and Pontiac correctional centers.

Prior to her death, the victim had reported using the dried leaves of the plant to induce menstruation with no ill effects.