But by then this match had been decided elsewhere.
The fate of his revolution was decided elsewhere.
The corporate culture, meanwhile, had to shift from one focused on efficiently implementing what is decided elsewhere to one that consistently comes up with cutting-edge ideas.
However, then came the news of their fate being decided elsewhere and after half-time they conceded five goals, three of them to the Peterborough substitute Jon Taylor.
In a country where criminal proceedings are normally measured in hours, and are formalistic, procedural affairs whose outcome is decided elsewhere and well in advance, Mr Bo's trial has been anything but scripted.
"We are not influenced in any respect by what has been decided across the Atlantic, or what has been decided in the past across the Channel, or what has been decided elsewhere in the world," the bank's president, Jean-Claude Trichet, said at a news conference here.
A senior Spanish politician points out how difficult it was to campaign for office and be taken seriously when budget, spending and fiscal policies were being decided elsewhere by a troika of anonymous men in suits from the European commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Once again, the presidential primary has been decided elsewhere.
The appraisal committee faced the challenge of considering efficacy and cost-effectiveness while the pricing for a medical service was decided on elsewhere.
"If recruitment is as sharp as it has been in 2013, who knows how green Northamptonshire's fields will be in 2014?" BBC Hereford & Worcester's Dave Bradley: "Northants' promotion was a little anti-climatic as it was decided by events elsewhere, but that will not detract from the achievement, earned over a hard six months, not in the last game of the season.
