I'm disappointed with the goal we lost, which was a bad one – an unfortunate slip from Sasa Papac, but one we might have cleared easily beforehand".
Thanks to Limbaugh's bluenose-defying usage (although he confessed to having cleared it beforehand), writers of every political persuasion now have a synonym for "joyous, blissful, rapturous, ecstatic," all of which signify "over the moon" but have lately been getting long in the tooth.
(Can we pants Boutros Boutros? Clear beforehand!) -To decide: sign with ABC, NBC, TBS, too?
But others were clear beforehand, and analysts could have noticed them.
EQUESTRIAN — Should be made clear, beforehand, that a horse is required for this.
She invited a man to her apartment, making it clear beforehand that there would be no sex.
"An election whose result is clear beforehand is treason to the rights and ideals of the nations," said Rajabali Mazroui, another member of the group.
Norfolk and Lapthorne were top-seeded in London and they made it clear beforehand they were not happy-with-silver kind of guys.
BEHIND THE NEWS It was not clear beforehand whether Mr. Mugabe would appear with his bitter rival; they had met only once before, in 1998.
Mr Taylor, who works at the Tate Gallery, just yards away from where the stunt took place on Lambeth Bridge, said it was not made clear beforehand a London bus would be part of the shoot.
"It was made clear beforehand that the torch would be passed between the athletes — it was not a torch for politicians to try and sort of get their hands on," he told the BBC.
