Sentence examples for before it was needed from inspiring English sources

Little did I think that it would be half a century before it was needed.

They knew who ordered each dish, brought replacement silver before it was needed and kept water glasses full.

Water glasses were kept full, the table was decrumbed after every course and replacement silver brought before it was needed.

Sometimes there is conflation between a decision-rule and the decision itself, but by thrashing out the decision-rule years before it was needed, the process was already clear for the brothers, allowing them to negotiate a significantly improved outcome.

In its civil aerospace business, Rolls Royce said it had invested in capacity required to meet its order book, but delays in a number of customers' programmes had meant that some of some of this extra capacity had come on stream before it was needed, leaving the firm with underused facilities.

* Power purchases: Utilities in California were forced to buy power primarily through the centralized market, the California Power Exchange, on the hour or day before it was needed.

* Backup software must be tested periodically, before it is needed.

But the time to speed up important information is before it's needed, not after.

The cream should be whipped shortly before it is needed and kept cool.

But in the current dire economic environment, it's better to raise money before it's needed.

"Can't we make it easier?" One way to do that, of course, is to try to set up a system before it's needed.