Sentence examples for acknowledged long before from inspiring English sources

"Our Cilla" was an affectionate sobriquet that acknowledged, long before the term "national treasure" became  an ironic cliché attached to every clapped-out entertainer, that Cilla Black belonged to the people.

A memo written three years ago to a former New Jersey State Police superintendent appears to back claims that he and other state officials, including the attorney general, were aware of racial profiling long before publicly acknowledging the practice.

He had appeared to acknowledge, not long before his father's death, that his preparation for power was not yet complete.

How long before?

"Those feelings have been there long before".

(15.24 cm) long before transferring.

"No one acknowledged me before," he said.

"No one acknowledged that before," she said.

But in their musings, these journalists acknowledge that CNN, long before the Levy case, has draped blankets of coverage over big breaking news events.

However, as acknowledged by Long, they do not need to.

Still, Tyson acknowledged the long road ahead.