Sentence examples for before to concentrate from inspiring English sources

The team noted that the same process with omni-directional properties has been used before to concentrate light for solar energy harvesting.

He also briefly pursued careers as a boxer and a football player in an all-black league before deciding to concentrate on music.

In the early days, he wrote a few films, and was offered a five-film contract as a director by the BBC, before deciding to concentrate on novels and plays.

Born in Lambeth, Oakley-Boothe is musically gifted and attended a specialist music school in Islington before opting to concentrate on football.

Mr. Peterson stayed at Virginia until 1987, serving as both chairman of the history department and dean of the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences before retiring to concentrate on writing.

Spieth experienced success as a quarterback and as a left-handed pitcher before deciding to concentrate on golf when he entered his teenage years.

Wilson attended New College, Oxford (B.A., 1972; M.A., 1976), began a teaching career, and spent a year training for the priesthood before deciding to concentrate on writing.

For 35 miles, Mr. Hvastija, who studied journalism for two years before deciding to concentrate on cycling, was alone ahead of the pack, with his yellow team jersey there for everybody to see.

Brown went on to create six albums, bassist Mani joined Primal Scream, while Squire, who created the artwork for the band's first album, formed the short-lived Seahorses before deciding to concentrate on art.

A winner of world titles in eight different weight classes, the 36-year-old Pacquiao said earlier this month that he was eyeing one final fight before retiring to concentrate on a political career.

Mr. Zayas, the barrel-chested actor who plays a scheming cigarmaker in "Anna in the Tropics," walked a beat for the New York Police Department for 15 years before quitting to concentrate on performing.