Sentence examples for before a north from inspiring English sources

A passage in the Odyssey describes such a voyage from Crete: running before a north wind, sailing ships reached the mouth of the Nile in five days.

This banter is the nearest they have come to verbal aggro before a North versus South Sky-televised pairing that promises to produce a memorable scrap, a genuine 50-50 fight between two 26-year-olds of differingstyles and temperaments.

In the first scenario, the United States could engage in what is known as a left-of-launch strike just before a North Korean missile liftoff, or in the first seconds of its flight.

Mr. Fox's predicted 7percentt growth, he said, may wind up approaching 0.7percentt, if that, forcing many more Mexicans to live hand to mouth before a North American economic revival.

The truth is, this globaloney will probably kill us long before a North Korean missile does, but there isn't a single senior Bush adviser who has written anything interesting on the subject.

In April 2009, just before a North Korean nuclear test, He Yafei, the Chinese vice foreign minister, told American officials at a lunch that the country wanted direct talks with the United States and to get them was acting like a "spoiled child" to get the attention of the "adult".

Only two days ago, North Korean cheerleaders waved their last good-byes before boarding a North Korean boat at the port of Pusan for the journey home after spending 18 days rooting for North Korean athletes in the Asian Games.

Although he had begun recording Dark Horse in late 1973, Harrison's workload over the following year ensured that he was rushing to complete the album in October 1974 before beginning a North American tour with Shankar on 2 November.

Rebels led by the main Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-Sham said on Saturday they had regained several areas in the Bustan al-Pasha district seized a day before, a strategic point north west of the city.

Before, merely playing a North Korean song in the movie would have caused trouble with the authorities.

Lil Wayne debuted the single "6 Foot 7 Foot" in late 2010, several months before embarking on a North American tour with Nicki Minaj and Rick Ross.