The phrase "ahead of the exercise" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is done in advance or prior to the exercise or task being referred to.
Example: "Please review the materials ahead of the exercise to ensure you are well-prepared."
Alternatives: "before the exercise" or "prior to the exercise".
The United States will put ships in the Baltic Sea and take over the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's air policing in the region ahead of the exercises in August and September, said the two officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military maneuvers.
General Smith said the value of the exercise, like any war game, would only become clear in the months ahead as the exercise was analyzed and its lessons pushed throughout all the armed services.
Doubtless, some Labour party politicians will view the exercise ahead of the coming election as something of a smear.
The redundancies are part of Brunel's plans to become a more research-led institution ahead of the next research assessment exercise (RAE), expected in 2008.
But like many sensible people I have my doubts about the wisdom of this carefully choreographed exercise ahead of the chancellor's 22 June budget.
She described Mr. Murdoch's resignations from the British directorships as "nothing more than a corporate housecleaning exercise" ahead of the restructuring announced last month that will split News Corporation into two separate entities.
The two companies now spend $175m a year on television programmes; their merger, says Mr Klinkhammer, would produce "tremendous clout" in the TV programme market.Mr Klinkhammer emphatically denies that CME's "internal investigation" at Nova is a house-cleaning exercise ahead of the merger.
Also on Thursday, Brazil launched its first naval preparatory exercise ahead of the World Cup.
It comes ahead of the outcome of a consultation exercise due next week.
However, former Leinster coach Schmidt said that Saturday's contest was a "super exercise" ahead of the tougher tests against Australia and world champions New Zealand over the next fortnight.
"But in between times, I felt we were pretty patchy". However, former Leinster coach Schmidt said that Saturday's contest was a "super exercise" ahead of the tougher tests against Australia and world champions New Zealand over the next fortnight.
