He had scarcely settled down before the news of his advent was bruited….
He had scarcely settled down before the news of his advent was bruited about.
BEFORE the advent of affordable helicopter rides, a backcountry ski trip was primitive.
Moreover, before the advent of his prophecy, he received visions that he described as being like "the breaking of the light of dawn".
Although he played the first half of his career before the advent of the 24-second shot clock, which changed the professional game from a plodding affair to a high-scoring spectacle, his 10,449 points as a Knick puts him fifth on the team's career list.
Long before the advent of his Friday Night's All Wright TV show he had become a cult figure, bridging the divide between football and pop culture, and his advert for a telephone company, depicting an imaginary conversation with Martin Luther King, underlined a significant contribution to race relations.
Beck was working in a bluesy pop style with the Yardbirds, but he'd copped a lot of bluegrass players, so some country runs were incorporated into his style long before the advent of what was later to become known as (gulp!) "country rock".
Plying his trade largely before the advent of an organised European Tour, O'Connor dominated the Irish golfing scene, won a number of lucrative, high-profile tournaments in Britain, and was a familiar face in the US as he played in 10 consecutive Ryder Cups for Great Britain and Ireland from 1955 to 1973 – a record surpassed only by Nick Faldo.
After all, Eco wrote his thesis-writing manual before the advent of widespread word processing and the Internet.
Which was much the same choice that the Labour Party faced before the advent of Blair and his frenemy ally, Gordon Brown.
