Sentence examples for has obtained before from inspiring English sources
A superannuated government; a derided prime minister; a plausible, but not quite loved, leader of the opposition; a recession; an increasingly grim war: each of these conditions has obtained before, but not in quite the same way or combination.
Countries that desperately needed structural reform, such as Greece, instead were able to go on a spending spree, borrowing money at rates well below those they would have obtained before joining the single currency.
In addition, the amount paid by the State (XOF 10,000) per procedure was well short of the amount a gynaecologist could have obtained before, informally, for a caesarean.
TechCrunch has obtained never before published metrics showing Facebook's international growth.
It must convince the Queensland government it has obtained "financial closure" before it will be allowed to begin dredging near Great Barrier Reef waters to expand the Abbot Point export facility.
And for loans in which any fees come out of the proceeds of the loan, the law requires lenders to ensure that the borrower has obtained independent financial counseling before taking out the loan.
I had obtained licenses before, so I knew that they often involved multiple steps.
The investors had obtained the stock before their 1997 public offerings.
On CBS, Doris Meissner, the immigration commissioner, said her agents had obtained a warrant before entering the house.
(The German chemist Justus von Liebig appears to have obtained the element before Balard, but he wrongly considered it to be iodine chloride).
