Sentence examples for before formal declarations from inspiring English sources

With several hours before formal declarations, the Lib Dems predicted they would lose at least two of their three seats in Edinburgh after the SNP support across the city surged far more than expected.

Following a run of dire polling there had been talk of a Lib Dem fight back in the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency, however Mr Alexander's aides have now admitted defeated several hours before the formal declaration is due.

At 5.00am, an hour before the formal declaration that the United Kingdom – and the prime minister's job – had been saved, Darling telephoned Cameron to warn him against using the moment of victory to demand English votes for English laws at Westminster.

On the night of November 10, the day before the formal declaration of independence, Savimbi secretly flew to Pretoria to meet Vorster.

This attack actually took place before a formal declaration of war had been made by Britain against the Ottoman Empire which didn't happen until 6 November.

The figures were from results announced by election officials at individual counting centers, where each campaign has representatives who compile the numbers and make them public before the formal declaration.

Formal declarations of mistrust, pre-nups are emotionally unfortunate.

Terrorists and terrorist states do not reveal these threats with fair notice in formal declarations.

Formal declarations of war, however, are as rare as the thing itself is common.

Its last formal declarations of war were during World War II.

In modern times, resolutions like the one passed last week have replaced formal declarations of war in defining Congress's contribution.