Sentence examples for before the standard from inspiring English sources

Before, the standard bed frame blocked the way to the back door of the one-story house.

Before the standard morality and accompanying love story kick in, the film offers a refreshingly jaundiced view of marriage and a few sexually frank moments.

Bossi refused to endorse a plan to abolish Italy's time-in-work pension entitlements, which allow for retirement before the standard pensionable age – the sticking point behind the brawl in parliament.

But in a rare break from a long history of cautious moves, he rushed to bless President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for winning the election, calling on Iranians to line up behind the incumbent even before the standard three days required to certify the results had passed.

Here it is: Offer Blu-ray movies two full days before the standard DVD.

That promotional rate is good for the first year, before the standard pricing kicks in.

"Police here are armoring up like never before," the Standard-Examiner reported in August, noting that police agencies across Weber County had united to form the Tactical Operations Group, a sort of standby SWAT team ready to act if the other SWAT teams serving the county weren't available.

"This has all to do with the standards; we didn't do this before the standards," he said.

Before the standards became mandatory, grid operators were asked whether they were in compliance with recommended standards, and they generally answered yes.

That was before the standards, testing and homework movements swept the country, with dire consequences for everyone in my family and virtually all our friends, neighbors and acquaintances.

Officials of Strauss Creamery in California said they had used antibiotics on their organic calves before the standards and wanted to continue.