Sentence examples for before the provision from inspiring English sources

The need for a husband's consent before the provision of contraception.

The justices will also consider whether legal immigrants can be removed automatically for offenses committed before the provision became law.

The decision, one day before the provision was to take effect, prevented a major disruption of abortion clinics in Texas.

There was supposed to be a public consultation assessing the impact on mesothelioma patients before the provision was extended to cover their specific cases.

"Added benefit," quipped Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York and a member of the bipartisan group, shortly before the provision was adopted through a voice vote.

It pointed out that the plaintiffs have filed suit "four years before the provision they challenge takes effect, demonstrate no current injury, and merely speculate whether the law will harm them once it is in force".

If it passes, a similar bill would have to also pass the House before the provisions would become law once more.

According to Strata Decision Technology, an analytics firm, many hospital groups saw what was coming and started to cut their costs well before the provisions of Obamacare started to bite.

Because there is little time left before the provisions expire, it is likely that the Senate will approve the House's bill — putting off a larger debate over the provisions until later in the year.

Congress sent the bill to the president with only hours to go on Thursday before the provisions expired at midnight.

Obama, attending an international summit in France, awoke early Friday to review and approve the bill, directing that it be signed in Washington by automatic pen before the provisions expired at midnight Thursday Eastern time.