Sentence examples for would act before from inspiring English sources

He promised he would "act before it's too late".

The only question, he added, was whether Congress would act before or after the crisis in the bond market.

The Assembly was weighing the measure, but it was unclear if it would act before leaving town.

Anne Womack Kolton, a department spokeswoman, could not say whether the department would act before the deadline.

Mrs. Rell said she planned to offer a deficit-reduction plan to lawmakers but doubted the General Assembly would act before January.

The chief lawyer for the critics who brought the case said after the order that he hoped Congress would act before the court reached a decision on the merits of the rules.

I saw Elit, the only one who'd acted before, straight away.

Mr. Yardeni said he hoped Mr. Greenspan would act again before the Fed's regular meeting.

I, for one, would act cautiously before building a home for my family on land that might have seen many years of pesticide use.

Senator Byron L. Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat whose state has Air Force bases at Minot and Grand Forks, argued that establishing a new base-closing commission, even though it would not act before 2003, would "stunt the economic growth" of any community with a military installation.

But the fine was more than any he'd seen before and certainly would act as a deterrent.