Sentence examples for were envisioned before from inspiring English sources

The plans make much strategic sense, military experts say, and were envisioned before the war in Iraq estranged the United States from old allies in Western Europe like Germany and France.

The beach was envisioned before restoration on this section of Prospect Park began in 1996, more as a way to control dogs than to offer them recreation.

I don't know quite how to describe this in a sensible way, but the way a chapter might be envisioned before I started writing it – there would not just be characters and locations, there would be a kind of style, a kind of colour to it, in an abstract manner".

Under the plan, three dreadnoughts were envisioned, though it was two years before any ships were ordered, and even longer before construction began.

Even more far-reaching measures were envisioned.

The two sides eventually drafted a plan to balance the budget, but it was made considerably easier by an economy that was growing so fast that few genuinely hard choices had to be made – and in fact the budget became balanced years before it was envisioned because of unexpectedly strong tax revenues.

For an actual patient, it can be envisioned to measure this signal before injection of the fluorescent marker but one can imagine both patient discomfort and potential calibration problems.

These possibilities are by no means a fantastical slippery slope — indeed, the idea of pre-empting criminals before they act was envisioned by Philip K. Dick's short story "The Minority Report," later a movie starring Tom Cruise.

Wagner had intended the work for Paris, where it was envisioned as a one-act curtain-raiser before a ballet.

That was a step up from the year before but far from what was envisioned under the law.

However, careful evaluation of both the benefits and potential adverse effects of therapy is needed before widespread clinical use can be envisioned.