Sentence examples for before the first section from inspiring English sources

He rated as a prime obstacle in Lance Armstrong's quest for a sixth successive Tour victory, until just before the first section of cobblestones, 146 kilometers (about 90 miles) into the 210-kilometer third stage, from Waterloo, Belgium, into France.

Before the first section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike opened, the commission considered extending it east to Philadelphia, primarily for defense purposes.

To guide microdissection, a 4-μm section was cut and haematoxylin and eosin stained, before the first section, and after the tenth and twentieth section, and assessed for the presence of adenoma or carcinoma tissue, or a mixture of both.

Rub a small amount of the oil into your hair before scrunching as described in the first section above.

Here the 83-page story is cut into three parts — before, during and after — and while the first section zooms off the page, once Sedaris stops smoking it's as if he has lost his muse.

It begins in an abyss of double-bass sonority, and builds to a screaming, discombobulating climax of mind-bending power; then there's a quieter, otherworldly section, before the terror of the first section returns.

But something of its distinctive, slightly grumpy Hornbyesque gloom persists, particularly in the first section, before Will meets his quasi-son figure.

Waters would no doubt be amused to learn that a friend of mine (who is gay, which is relevant to much of the subject matter) read the prologue inattentively and got almost through the first section before realizing -- or rather being told by me -- that it was made up.

A good way to find out if your bottoms are long enough is to put your arms completely straight at your sides, if the bottoms are shorter than the first section (before the knuckle) of your middle finger, then it's too short!

Even so, it was months before the cabinet approved the route of the first section.

Natalie Desch emerged as a victim before the third section erupted with a clangor that was matched by the full cast's dynamic outburst of circling, dives, lifts and huddles.