Sentence examples for grant before from inspiring English sources

Johnston hoped to crush Grant before the arrival of Don Carlos Buell's 20,000 Federal troops, approaching from Nashville, Tennessee.

Politics beckoned, after his victories, as it did with Grant before him, but the situations they inherited upon becoming president could hardly have been more different.

S4C Authority's chairman, Huw Jones, welcomed the decision to freeze the grant before the review decides the channel's future funding levels.

Jay asked why the Mail did not go through the "proper channels" and wait for the green light from Grant before sending a photographer to his house.

The Department of Energy awarded the company a $249 million grant to establish battery manufacturing operations in Michigan, although A123 had received only about $132 million of the grant before its bankruptcy.

Other famed passers-by included George Washington during the Revolutionary War, Ulysses S. Grant before the Civil War, and Wilbur Wright, who flew a plane from the island and around the Statue of Liberty.

Such a request has never been granted before, but Mr. Hayman, an American lawyer, said it might succeed this time.

Third, the financial support needed to resolve the Greek crisis was granted before, and not after, the debt restructuring losses were properly assigned.

I had a hard time sitting still and took things for granted before, but I now proceed at a more leisurely pace and appreciate things more.

If you've submitted grants before, then I must assume that you've heeded the reviewers' comments before resubmitting or sending your proposal elsewhere.

All the things I had taken for granted before became seemingly impossible tasks".