Sentence examples for before electricity from inspiring English sources

POWER BEFORE ELECTRICITY, HOME INSPECTIONS The Long Island Power Authority Web site reported Wednesday that power was available to all but about 180 customers in the Rockaway Peninsula, though large swaths of the area remained in the dark.

"On that basis, we are all exposed to electric light at night, whereas before electricity, and still in much of the developing world, people get twelve hours of dark whether they are asleep or not".

What did children play with before electricity was invented?

Before electricity, light was expensive, a product of exhaustible sources like whale oil.

Before electricity, people experienced bright, full-spectrum days of sunlight and dark nights.

Before electricity, people experienced bright, full-spectrum days of sunlight and long, dark nights.

Then, as before, the local electricity company dragged its feet.

But what if recirculation pipes and cooling pipes burst after the earthquake – before the tidal wave reached the facilities; before the electricity went out?

Utility officials warned it might take two weeks before all electricity was restored.

The second half had barely begun before the electricity supply to the floodlights failed, prefacing a dusky 10 minute hiatus.

I have 15 minutes before the electricity is cut to my apartment, and I'll have to climb up to the tenth floor.