Sentence examples for before the weapons from inspiring English sources

But the problem was that the military timetable was fixed before the weapons inspectors went in.

The intelligence found "activities that we assess were associated with preparations for a chemical weapons attack" in the three days before the weapons were unleashed, the summary said.

But there were also painful failures, not least when the foreign affairs committee browbeat Dr David Kelly two days before the weapons expert killed himself in 2003.

But the United States said it "understood and supported" plans by others to offer energy assistance before the weapons program was completely ended.

The Chinese spokeswoman, Ms. Jiang, did not say why the arms deals were not completed, but she noted that all arms sales must win government approval before the weapons are exported.

But such a move, with the time it would take to arm the submarines if needed, could "result in a pre-emptive strike before the weapons are ready to fire," according to Lord West.

In the instant before the weapon could be raised & aimed, he was ready to spring.

These delays meant almost certainly that the war in Europe would be over before the weapon could be ready.

In reality, there is a complex series of steps that must be gone through before the weapon is fired, as Cole Moreton discovers on page 26.

The officer is said to have deployed the weapon while shouting: "Taser, Taser, Taser!" Mrs Begley recalled seeing the laser light in her son's eye moments before the weapon was used.

The family alleges in legal claims that a Bureau of Land Management ranger left his loaded service weapon in a backpack in plain view in his car before the weapon was stolen in June.