Sentence examples for before its return from inspiring English sources

Hong Kong was a British colony before its return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, and it still follows the legal system it inherited from the British, with broad protections for civil liberties.

There are other signs that Lewis has been given a bit of an autumn clean before its return.

Macao, a Portuguese colony for more than four centuries before its return to China in December 1999, is such a place.

The orchestra leaves on a European tour on Monday, and nothing will be announced before its return on June 30, he said.

That was the conundrum facing The Walking Dead before its return last night, a series that even its staunchest apologists would concede has not been firing on all cylinders for about four years now.

He upset many leftwing buddies by approving Labour's idea of a social contract, promoted before its return to office in 1974, even in the face of opposition from within his own union.

Ankara wants more, including a full apology, before it returns its ambassador to its embassy in Tel Aviv.

The jury deliberated for 10 days before it returned its guilty verdict.

Measurements also reveal that the process exhibits excitability: a relatively small change or perturbation causes the potential to undergo a large and long excursion before it returns to its steady-state value.

The drone was two or three feet across, and flew autonomously, perhaps by GPS, for about 10 minutes before it returned to its operator, Mr. Allegri said.

Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the House Democratic leader, said she had asked Mr. Hastert to call a special session of Congress before its scheduled return on Tuesday.