Sentence examples for before it was largely from inspiring English sources

Union recruitment, like emigration before it, was largely a tactical shift for him.

3 p.m. 5. THE NEW ASHMOLEAN If the Ashmolean (Beaumont Street; 44-1865-278-002; ashmolean'trg) wasn't Oxford's prize museum before it was largely rebuilt (maintaining only one building from 1845) and reopened, by the queen no less, in December 2009, it is now.

When I asked Derman recently about his early years in finance, he said that at first he felt that quant, like rocket scientist before it, was largely a derogatory put-down for the brainy newcomers, many of them foreign-born: "two-thirds pejorative, one-third grudging praise," by his calculation.

Before then, it was largely men".

For the sponsors bounced into registering their concern over the corruption allegations washing over Fifa before the World Cup, it was largely business as usual.

It was largely unknown before 2013, but the financial services ombudsman has had more than 200 complaints since then, possibly because banks are taking a harder line on reimbursement if the victim is deemed to be in some way culpable.

Although Let It Be was the Beatles' final album release, it was largely recorded before Abbey Road.

It was largely expected before the discovery of nobelium that in solution, it would behave like the other actinides, with the trivalent state being predominant; however, Seaborg predicted in 1949 that the +2 state would also be relatively stable for nobelium, as the No2+ ion would have the ground-state electron configuration [Rn]5f14, including the stable filled 5f14 shell.

If Christie's $495 million session Wednesday outshone Sotheby's $293 million sale the night before, it was because Christie's largely focused on the generation of rejectionists that sprang up after World War II in America and Europe.

Much like the knee ailments that sidelined him for nearly three months and a performance that for long stretches was unworthy of a roster spot (let alone the two-year, $22 million contract he signed before last season), it is largely behind him.

You may have heard this before, perhaps from me three years ago, but it's largely just noise.