Sentence examples for prior to debating from inspiring English sources

Given the tradeoffs between interests that particular policy responses inevitably entail, consensus over the definition and priority of U.S. interests should be sought prior to debating the appropriate policy response.

CNN accepts Donna Brazile's resignation after interactions with Clinton campaign prior to debate.

The comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA) deal with Canada is due to be ratified by the council of ministers next month prior to being debated by the Strasbourg parliament.

Prior to the debate, the producers agreed to consider the top thirty questions voted on by the public at Open Debates.

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in the month prior to this debate and a week after the debate, civil-rights champion Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Los Angeles.

By contrast, of the 25 participants who preferred Brown prior to the debate, 60% thought that he had won the debate, versus 28% who thought Clegg had won.

For example, of the 48 participants who preferred Clegg prior to the debate, 75% thought that he had won the debate, versus 21% who thought Brown had won.

As can be seen in Figure 3, just over a third of participants were undecided as to their preferred PM prior to the debate, but this proportion decreased to only 10% following the debate.

But prior to these debates the case for in was largely absent from the public debate.

Prior to the debates, several of the candidates demanded equal airtime on the state run broadcaster -- the debates delivered.

The existing rules limited the debate to the 10 candidates who had the best poll averages for nearly two months prior to the debate.