Sentence examples for before agreements from inspiring English sources

Under a 1968 understanding known as the general entrustment, Bermuda has the right to conduct external relations "on behalf of" Britain, on condition that London is consulted before agreements with other states are entered.

If the rich countries could not even agree among themselves, even before agreements were sought with developing countries, it seemed obvious that the new round of trade talks would be dead in the water.Indeed, so serious was the failure at Seattle that for a time it looked as if the multilateral trading system which the WTO embodied was itself at risk.

Lastly, strategies are selected (Phase 3: Solution-oriented strategies) before agreements are implemented and monitored (Phase 4).

There were 6 rounds of talks lasting 3 1/2 months before agreement was reached.

This is the highest price since July 2011, when the last debt ceiling crisis went down to the wire before agreement and cost the US its AAA credit rating.

More than a decade of hard bargaining was necessary before agreement on the form the national government was to take was achieved.

Wrangling over the compact – particularly the section on Somaliland – is understood to have continued until the 11th hour before agreement was reached.

That row lasted from June to September this year before agreement was reached.

For some transition metal complexes it was necessary to account for the dielectric environment before agreement with the corresponding measured spin multiplicities was obtained.

So expect a lot more back-and-forth this week before agreement is reached in the "dark hours of Copenhagen".

Various other locations to display the statue were initially considered before agreement was reached that it would be placed in Old Palace Yard, Marochetti's preferred location.