Sentence examples for before the states from inspiring English sources

Some observers think it could take as long as a decade before the states develop the systems, test them for accuracy and fairness and put them in place.

It also said the rule had violated the Clean Air Act by imposing federal standards on polluters before the states could develop their own plans.

We turned a copy of it in before the district tournament, again before the sectionals and yet again before the states.

Mr. Becker and others expect opposition from the manufacturers and trucking associations, although several manufacturers declined to take a position before the states' announcement.

"This is the most extreme in a field of extreme anti-abortion measures that have been before the states this year," said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, a legal advocacy group.

Ideally, they would have followed the United States Geological Survey map from 1939, which showed the boundary before the states dammed the river, said Bill Abney, a lawyer who led Texas' volunteer 1997 boundary commission.

Long before the state tests, a letter came home.

The bill is now before the state House.

The policy was enacted last April, before the state mandate.

It delivers before the state knows it needs to.

Six of them resigned before the state election.