Sentence examples for Preceding this date from inspiring English sources
Two different options are given; either specifying one date, tEnd, and the number of days preceding this date, days.
We considered it unlikely that there were many eligible studies preceding this date and were concerned about changes in treatment delivery since the early 1980s.
We collected data on comorbidities and vascular procedures from the 9 years preceding the cohort entry date, as well as data on prescriptions dispensed from the 4 months preceding this date.
The first entry of a code pertaining to the cancer diagnosis was taken as the date of diagnosis and the clinical record for the 12-month period preceding this date was studied.
The starting date of fungal taxonomy had been set as January 1 , 1821 to coincide with the date of the works of the 'father of mycology', Swedish naturalist Elias Magnus Fries, which meant the name required sanction by Fries (indicated in the name by a colon) to be considered valid, as Bulliard's work preceded this date.
Although 2001 marked the identification of this superfamily largely through bioinformatics, the discovery of iron metalloenzymes utilizing SAM to initiate radical reactions precedes this date by more than a decade.
For individuals that did not utilize long-term care in 2005, the study year was defined by picking a random date in 2005, and taking exactly one year preceding this random date.
The base period for this study was defined as the year preceding this begin date: May 1 , 2008to April 30 , 2009
Subjects from each family (whether AD cases or non-demented family members) were considered to have been exposed to NSAIDs only if the starting date for NSAID use preceded this index date by at least one year.
New use of an antihypertensive agent was defined as prescription of the study drug, with no use of this drug in the 90 days preceding the date this prescription was filled (taken as the index date).
complaints by or potential inequities regarding property owners in the Savannah District, including an accounting of the number and disposition of complaints in the Savannah District during the 5-year period preceding the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 17, 1999].
