Sentence examples for have commenced before from inspiring English sources

Futures trading within the United States in the form of "to arrive" contracts appears to have commenced before the railroad days (1850s) in Chicago.

For purposes of section 412, in the case of reliance parties, infringement shall be deemed to have commenced before registration when acts which would have constituted infringement had the restored work been subject to copyright were commenced before the date of restoration.

Apparently the message came as a surprise, as evensong had commenced before the gratifying tidings were generally known even in the central parts of the City.

However, a unified approach for the study of infant leukemia in Japan had commenced before formation of the JPLSG under the guise of the Japan Infant Leukemia Study Group (JILSG).

Thus, desertification over a wide area of the middle latitudes of the Asian interior seems to have commenced at or slightly before the OMB.

Data were analysed from participants who had been recruited prior to July 2009, ≥ 2 years before data retrieval for this analysis, and who had commenced DMARD before visit 4. The reason for stopping or changing DMARD was recorded by each study centre as "adverse drug reaction" (ADR), "lack of efficacy" (LoE), "ADR and LoE", "surgery", "patient choice", "non-compliance", "other" or "unknown".

The restoration had commenced even before the revolution was over, and it was accomplished by the armies that had remained faithful to their respective governments.

The Allied bombing of Afghanistan had commenced the night before.

The war between Spain and the colonies in South America, which had commenced many years before, was then the only conflict that remained unsettled.

Almost all participants first tried illicit substances in their teens and fifteen had commenced drug use before developing mental health problems.

The one thing I know I have said to myself before I've commenced any major challenge has been 'How hard can this be?'.