Sentence examples for quantity before from inspiring English sources

For most of us Aravind Adiga was an unknown quantity before 2008.

"In uncertain times, employers are more cautious and want a known quantity before they decide to hire," said Michael Profita, director of career services at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Three-and-a-half-million Kiwis let out a collective sigh of relief today after Team New Zealand, an unknown quantity before today's contest, began its first defense of the America's Cup with a decisive victory over Italy's Prada Challenge in Race 1 of the 30th cup competition.

It indicates the relation between the amounts of a quantity before and after the change.

One existence sentence describes the quantity before an increase or decrease, and the other existence sentence describes the quantity after an increase or decrease.

The overall yield was calculated by dividing the ultimate quantity of pure bi/tribody by the estimated starting quantity before purification.

"Product of this quality has never been made in these quantities before," Friedman says.

It still pushes through but in far less quantity than before and although this approach is a slow one, it does bring a great deal of satisfaction.

Subscripts 1 and 2 denote quantities for before and after debonding failure, respectively.

If eaten in great quantities before a feast, there would be no hangover.

There were no migrants coming across from Libya in these quantities before we bombed the country and got rid of Gaddafi, however bad he may have been".