Sentence examples for beforehand could from inspiring English sources

But many lawmakers have resisted Mr. Ahmadinejad's pressure, saying they would agree to increase the monthly cash distributions only after the June 14 elections, fearing that doing so beforehand could strengthen Mr. Ahmadinejad's popularity.

Having a talk with your partner's parents beforehand could, for instance, prevent you from embarking on an enormous, ill-advised public proposal, saved by a last-minute call to your future best man ("Mate, it's me. Cancel the barbershop quartet! Turns out Tina hates Let Me Call You Sweetheart. It's back to basics, pal"), or buying her a blood diamond when she wants an ethically sourced emerald.

On the face of it, whistling up a 36-year-old - albeit 2008's World Player of the Year - from semi-retirement in Japanese rugby to join the squad for 48 hours and play a game with barely time to say "konnichiwa" beforehand, could be considered a panic measure.

More detailed information given beforehand could enable more patients to endorse student participation.

In fact, previous classification studies, in which some information is known beforehand, could be reanalyzed using that information as a class label with supervised algorithms.

Research beforehand could save you from buying a game you'll end up not liking.

A month beforehand, most couldn't use a mouse either.

The doubt beforehand was could Fourcade convert his World Cup dominance to Olympic wins.

Zara mouthed something beforehand, it could have been "oh, man" or "oh ma'am", or I suppose, "oh mam".

"I think if I'd had the support beforehand, it could have been a totally different story".

And on Friday night, while taking our seats beforehand, we could watch star dancers practicing their steps on the uncurtained open-air stage.