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This was most blessedly perfect long before we had the slightest knowledge of him.

Different from Engels, there had been a critical distance between Marx and Feuerbach long before he started to compose the Holy Family.

As might have been expected, it was not long before John tried to break all his promises.

When Obama get up in the morning he borrows more than the cost of an entire aircraft carrier long before he goes to bed that night.

And he made a wonderful talking doll for his children, long before the days of the phonograph.

It wasn't long before Corey started to struggle. I was holding on to his jacket, but he kept trying to jump off the boat.

A woman in Bristol read about her in a newspaper and recognized her as a girl who had stayed at her lodging house not too long before.

He began to go down to the shore, but long before he reached it, the sun had set.

But it might have been much better if the epidemiologists had taken a look long before the FT got involved.

"Monks can now practice and reside in monasteries, but we're talking about long before the establishment of any monastery, " he said.

The inventor of the name appears to have done so long before the actuality of an independent nation was a possibility.

I won't be leaping like an international show jumper any time soon, but it might not be long before I get back in the saddle.

It was not long before he saw me looking at him, and so he began to move.

you can only fish for so long before you got to throw a stick of dynamite in the water?

However the pattern of consumption began long before Terra exited the Great Central Sun as she was consumed until she fell therein.

"There is room, there is a cushion, " he said. "The question is, how long before everyone can get back up to 100 percent? "

Once upon a time, there lived a poor cowherd, Niulang, whose parents had died long before. He had to live together with his elder brother.

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.

Bryant was a hit with Lakers fans long before he reached this skill level, back when he was just a dazzling rookie.

Intelligent as she, I'm afraid it will not be long before insight into the truth - who would be willing to face the bloody truth?

So said Paul Krugman, the Princeton economics professor and New York Times columnist, long before he took up journalism.

A clumsy man not noticing it, had his foot on it for ever so long before he discovered it.

and long before I had come to a conclusion, surprise had taken entire possession of my mind, and I could do nothing but stare and wonder.

No one's ever stuck with me for so long before. And if you leave. . . if you leave. . . I just, I remember things better with you!

To be sure, some of the changes were in the works long before the first stress fractures appeared and the economy began to crumble.

It had not been long before it was made out the figure falling onto the ground was a woman, a grey-haired woman clad literally in rags.

It may not be long before some of the ideological ruptures that seem to have healed burst.

You can only go without adequate sleep for so long before your body and mind force you to catch up.

Joy has not been there long before Tao asks for her hand in marriage, Maoist style.

When she asked Metson about surgery, he said most people with her degree of sinus problems would have had it long before.

Perhaps it would suggest that I could have had intercourse long before, if I hadn't contracted polio, if I hadn't been so fearful, if.

Long before there was a country called Brazil, a tree with that name grew in abundance all along the northeastern coast of South America.

Long before any voting, two or more drafts of legislation circulate, all trying to address the same problem.

However, such a move away from the continent can only go on for so long before Europe's own industrial base is harmed deeply.

If insanity means being out of touch with reality, Nebuchadnezzar was insane long before he thought he was a cow.

Of course, it's only so long before at least one of the two start to develop more romantic feelings.

It lost more money than it earned. The company was no longer profitable. It did not take long before my friend's dishonesty was discovered.

A scientific discovery is often made long before someone is able to put it to use.

It had an open development model long before many other popular distributions, with intensive beta testing and frequent stable releases.

It was not long before Peter decided to build a fleet of his own. He would take his army to sea.

My first sight of him was a matter of long before.

She did not wait long before she saw a young girl approach the spot where he lay.

Long before the Massachusetts vote Mr Obama's aides worried that the president was on the wrong side of the bank- reform debate.

The last time we walked on Earth with you in a peaceful period, was in Atlantean times long before its downfall.

It was not long before he began to quarrel with his wife and later family conflicts were a usual practice.

It will not be long before he is putting up statues of himself in public squares as part of his hard work.

Second, Keynes pretty much had the policy implications of the General Theory down long before he actually worked out the detailed analysis.

And I would have liked to have known you, But I was just a kid, Your candle burned out long before, The legend ever did.

The simian he was chasing seems to have arrived long before, and is revered there as a planetary forefather.

It was long before he began to do his homework.

The Spirit Guides are in consultation with him, long before death, and are telling him the truth.

Plants were world travelers, long before tourists like you and me, were able to fly off to vacation around the world.

The bullet that kills is only the final instrument of the hatred that began being nurtured in the heart long before the gun was picked up.

She said that she had heard of it long before.

Tom was fired by the company, but it wasn't long before he found a new job.

The President at last had the means to put the United States on a war footing, long before the people were ready to fight.

Philosophers had pondered this sort of question for millennia, long before anyone thought to examine it in a lab.

So, long before the industrial age we've been affecting the planet on a global scale, with just a small amount of technology.

That southernmost section was torn down in the 1960s, long before any thought of turning the line into a park.

No, Kobe never should've selected the next Lakers coach, but he should've connected with him long before a text message on Wednesday night.

We cannot remember a time when we did not know it, and we feel sure that we learned it long before we were able to read.

The mind is always trying to do, and it won't be long before it volunteers to stay as the presence.

Even when she did manage to hold a few drops in her beak they were lost long before they could trickle down to her throat.

Long before children are able to understand or speak a language, they communicate through facial expressions and by making noise.

He feared, however, that it would not be too long before the young man headed back to his native Uzbekistan to open his own bakery.

Not long before the primary, Tom Campbell came for a visit on his way to Texas for his Marine Corps officer training.

It's not long before for me to join Pacific Translation Company, more or less two or three months ago.

There had been, long before Marx, doctrines teaching the total war leading to the radical extinction or enslavement of the defeated.

It wasn't long before he pulled out his geological maps and began trying to quantify the relationship, to see if the link was just a fluke.

As always, one feels it won't be long before Porto sell him for a multi-million euro transfer fee and a tidy profit.

To answer her question, the US was following, or at least emulating, China long before Mr Rove arrived in the White House.

It did not take long before I found that there were countless positions available in many countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, the Subcontinent, not to speak of Latin America, were all seized long before Mesopotamia or the Levant.

It was not long before the enemy was driven out of their motherland.

The fisherman went back to the old hut which had been built long before.

You can only kick sand in ANYONES face for so long before they fight back, just as our Founding Fathers did!

Hailing from Montreal, Cohen was an acclaimed poet and novelist long before he started recording his songs professionally in his mid-30s.

He said he had known her long before.

Marie: I know. I began to get a bit sick of it long before the end.

Of course, many of the clothes hitting stores now were in the works long before global financial markets melted down in the fall.

Long before the ANC came to power, fearful whites had begun to leave the country in droves.

It was not long before the enemy was driven out of their country.

The sea was no friendly element to unhappy Pericles, FOR long beFORe they reached Tyre another dreadful tempest arose.

Original text: Long south very very long before one winter, the swallow which prepared to fly has fallen in love with an ice.

One such glow had been seen long before, and every one knew it was Little Mytishtchy, which had been set on fire by Mamonov's Cossacks .

Netanyahu said the Palestinians were in conflict with Israel long before settlement construction began in 1967.

It was not just that he thought "intensive measuring and counting" the key to music's future; Stravinsky had got there long before him.

I believe it will not long before we meet each other. How I wish to go there with you.

Novartis defended the decision, saying that it had planned to register the drug long before winning the award.

It was not long before our soldiers broke through the enemy's defence works.

Set goals that yield a positive effect on your life whenever you think about them, long before the final outcome is actually achieved.

I invited him to the White House, and we had a good visit in the Oval Office not long before he died.

It was not long before he described to her the origin of his passion.

In fact, if you go back into the literature, you'll find people using it long before we started using it, but that's how we got to it.

The ark was discovered stranded on the eastern shore, where it had long before been driven, with the prevalent northwest winds.

It was not long before he established a map room of his own of the highest efficiency .

And it was how long before you were able to call your parents in North Dakota?

Though the horses got off to a good start, it was not long before over half of them were out of the race.

A vertical slice can be delivering perceived value long before completion of the rest of the project, even before it has a positive ROI.

It was not long before customers came back to the store and specifically asked for me to help them.

Long before Nashville became the music capital it is today, it was the scene of a devastating Civil War battle.

I heard the screams long before I could see him, but as I wheeled my grocery cart around to the next aisle of the store, there he was!

My first boss was a really nasty person, who seed to enjoy making life difficult for everyone, I did not work for him long before leaving.

At the last minute, not long before the party met to hear our campaign speeches, Taunton filed.

A study of decision-making suggests that your mind may be made up long before you think it is.

He had been a party member long before he came to our school.

How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying.

I had admired and almost idolized Mencken as a writer long before I got to meet him, about 1930 or so.

Don't It won't be long before other obligations interfere with your studies. By then, know as much as you can.

and it was not long before they reached the road of yellow brick and turned again toward the Emerald City where the Great Oz dwelt.

Jack took the jar and put it into the large pocket of his jacket, spilling it all, long before he got home.

Not long before she wrote those lines, a century ago, drought had been one of the factors bringing the states to federation.

Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they communicate . through facial expressions and by making noises.

Radar tells us of an approaching object long before visual contact is possible.

Long before they were formally taken over, the two mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, had an implicit government guarantee.

Amid great rejoicings he was again seated on the throne from which he had been driven so long before.

Should the abuse increase it won't be long before technology will filter out SMS spam and take the buzz out of a useful marketing tool .

The attacker might give up in frustration long before figuring out that you lied.

The most effective testing programs start at the beginning of a project, long before any program code has been written.

However, it did not take long before they gathered themselves and politely cheered the foreign conqueror.

Often they had a history of low or no taxes long before they began to attract the deposits of British expatriates and others.

It was not long before he told me about this affair .

I started working as a translator long before I was ready. I started at the beginning of 2006, mostly out of desperation.

Couples who split seem to recognize their marriage isn't working long before they get to a landmark anniversary.

Policymakers have come to understand this tipping point and try to act long before it is reached.

Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they communicate through facial expression and by making noise.

Long before people started shooting fireworks into the sky, nature had its own light show, the Northern Lights.

We had already wiped out all the enemy troops long before day-break.

In fact it has been heard long before, but I have no time to look, also almost forget the existence of this film.

Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they communicate through facial expressions and by IT noises.

In 1987, when Cloverleaf was spiritually born and long before the Internet came into existence, the prophecy of the Web of Light came to us.

Officer: Yes, actually from 1883, long before the Bank of England was the official central bank for Britain.

But long before they get to that point, growing numbers of old people will become less able to look after themselves and need more care.

Whatever the embarrassment, these did him no harm in the end, and long before he formally took over in 1993 he was largely running the bank.

It was not long before they rose up and drove the enemy out.

And even if, this week, things appear to be getting more chaotic, it won't be long before you start to hear harmony.

It wasn't long before. Ford was turning out several hundred thousand cars a year, a remarkable achievement then.

He was right about me being an atheist, but I was an atheist long before I was any kind of "scientist" .

For a while that book was indeed very popular, but it was not long before the demand petered out.

Long before he died, he had given both of his children their own money, and each had created a charitable foundation.

But if Mr Ortega's wealth continues to grow, it may not be long before he's in contention for the top two spots.

Estimation was an integral part of enterprise planning long before IT arrived on the scene.

It was not long before enterprising merchants turned the humble soap into a beauty product.

Some of these goals may have been written in long before you two met each other, long before marriage was under consideration.

It now seems as though laughter evolved millions of years ago, long before vowels and consonants, as a mechanism to build cooperation.

Travel beyond earth ceased to hold our imaginations long before Columbia from the instant the first astronauts got to the moon.

Today in flowers market, is a sort of everybody called "forget-me-not" flower, can with our amaranth, long before the mentioned is not an.

It was not long before he spoke Mandarin, with a trace of the soft Soochow tones.

Still, it might not be long before such a system becomes a valuable tool for the visually impaired.

There was an old village here long before.

He was full of allusions about his beloved city long before a link to Atlantis became one of them.

To Louis Vuitton's surprise the Noe bag was extremely popular, and it wasn't long before wealthy woman began to carry this elegant bag.

He chose you long before you chose Him. He took the initiative.

To be fair, the Borrego program had been given the green-light long before gas prices started with the number four.

We were able to start using DITA content with our existing books long before time permitted a full-scale migration.

It was long before he recognized his comrades, though his eyes gazed straight at them.

Jules Verne wrote about the concept of space flight long before it was a reality.

It appears that the evolutionary process of the human species had been distorted long before arriving upon Earth in Sirius .

Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they still manage to express themselves to their parents by making noises.

He was known to us all as Dickie and his eccentricity had become legendary long before he died.

Bill Gates has been talking about this product for years, long before it ever had a product name.

Hawking occupied the position long before he rose to fame on the back of his bestseller, A Brief History of Time.

Long before it had taken place, my opinion of you was decided.

They are able to teach other Americans about the countries and cultures in which they serve long before they return to the United States.

Don't tell me that about long long ago, stories long before are not realistic at all, especially the story of The Frog Prince.

Long before the written language appeared, there was an oral tradition of tales of fables and legends.

She had seen the film abroad long before it was shown in Beijing.

But the fear engendered by those bolts from the blue faded long before US Special Forces rappelled into a sleeping Pakistani compound.

Not long before, it had won a pyrrhic victory in a costly colonial war.

Thisbroad definition can easily be applied to many early computers that existed long before the term "CPU" ever came into widespread usage.

The remains of a tail lost long before man began to walk upright six million years ago.

they communicate through facial expressions and by making noises. 14. Long before children are able to speak or understand a language.

So far, only about half the extra money has been pledged, much of it long before the London summit.

India is so far behind and needs to travel long before being counted as a leading nation.

Morning, devote their work, try not to want those who make me a headache, it didn't take long before last night's tough feeling disappears.

Long before the ball began, she and Ashley would be on their way to Jonesboro to be married.

It is not long before the Buddhist sees an advertisement in a national newspaper and takes it to be yet another sign from the Universe.

This list was particularly close to my heart as all of the recordings were things that had fascinated me long before compiling it.

They loved Miss T. She was a dear, kind woman who had been at the school long before they were even born.

Long before the euro came into being, economists warned that Europe wasn't ready for a single currency.

He eventually decided to run away, outside a career, but it wasn't long before and return to the house dem.

It wasn't long before unofficial reports began to detail mental-health problems in the Amerasian community.

By these means President Khatami was deprived of his power long before he was deprived of his office.

Many have been operating in Kosovo for a number of years, long before the bulk of the international community arrived.

She said she had seen the movie long before.

He was on the White Spider, a network of sheer ice on which nine mountaineers had died not long before.

I had not waited long before he came.

e. g. She said she had seen the film long before.

It wasn't long before my teacher pulled me aside. She knelt down and told me I should join the rest of the class.

Europe's map makers may have had an inkling of the Americas long before Columbus's voyage in 1492.

People flocked to see cannons and battle axes at the Tower of London long before the National Gallery opened.

He was getting old then long before his time. He'd come in from his sermons complaining of rheumatism and the cold.

Once upon a time, long before the dawn of human history, werewolves were the dominant species on the planet.

It would not be long before he was fleeing for his life.

When you are looking at gentlemen in their late 80s, it's not going to be long before the branch will close on its own accord.

It wasn't long before she had a full enrollment and a waiting list.

People all over the world believe that it won't be long before a cure for cancer comes into being.

She said she had read the novel long before.

It won't be long before the Japan Meteorological Agency officially declares the beginning of the mainland's rainy season.

He had rigged his harpoon long before and its coil of light rope was in a round basket and the end was made fast to the bitt in the bow.

The currency war, and its attendant risk of a full-blown tariff war to follow, could halt or slow the process long before it is completed.

Very long before likes window-shopping, likes standing in the street corner looks at the beautiful woman, I knew that is only a traveler.

It was not long before the Swiss rose up and drove the Austrian soldiers out of their country.

South Korea's income per person overtook Brazil's in the 1980s; it may not be so long before China's and India's do the same.

They lived on the earth tens of thousands of years ago, long before humans came into being.

Eager to shake off the nightmare, I got dressed and headed down to the kitchen long before I needed to.

It wasn't long before the doorbell rang. Maude gave Harold some money from the money jar and flew out of sight.

If the mobile version of the Web site does not look nice after I join, I depart from the seminar long before the meeting adjourns.

I had heard of him long before I came here.

Obama was not long before the end of the visit to China, the United States once again sponsor for China's export trade sanctions.

IT WILL not be long before paper tickets for a plane, train or bus seem as quaint as propellers, steam and conductors do today.

Many storekeepers closed early, and commuters flooded out of the city long before nightfall.

We hope to keep going on these lines and get out other proposed features like Singletons and Async beans long before the spec goes final.

But the smell of fresh blood proves to be too strong and enticing for the croc, and it is not long before he comes after Nils again.

Why was China systematically deforested long before the industrial era or Western capitalism had anything to do with it?

Most of them believe that Norwegian visited the "New World" long before Columbus did, so westerners feel this may be a false celebration.

However, it wasn't long before Mr. Rich relatives began to bicker over who should inherit his money.

It doesn't take long before he sends an urgent radio message to say that he is in trouble.

They had begun long before books were printed, but it was printing that released them from obscurity .

This leads [one] to wonder if this ceremony was foreseen long before the children's death.

Even at its most fanciful, physics, it seems, can play around for only so long before it gets back to serious work.

It was not LONG. before the captain received from the Cossack leader a manifesto ordering him to surender.

But it is unlikely to be long before the leaders of the world's second largest economy are reminded that US friendship does not come free.

I knew the news that they were invited to the party, long before you told me.

It was not long before flames were roaring through a ground-floor ballroom and the first floor of the Taj.

It wasn't long before he told me about this af fair.

Long before he had sorted out the nature of my relationship with his dad and himself - Was I a babysitter?

Smart shoppers anticipate the need for a new car and begin looking at what's available long before they actually need a new car.

More often than not, the sides meet, examine the options and reach a settlement long before anyone has to incur the costs of a trial.

Americans have loved their booze since long before Memorial Day became an occasion both to commemorate fallen soldiers and throw back a few.

Divorce, of course, only reflects the legal winding up of a marriage which may have effectively broken up long before.

Long before, there lived an old man on the north frontier who was best at raising horses. People all called him Old Frontiersman.

" Agathon, effect. " " Call out chicken" Han Xiao shouted: " long before the door quickly lined up! "

This is all due to the legacy of 1839, which happened long before Pakistan was even created.

It is now already the fifteenth of May and my beans and chili should have been planted long before this.

It cannot be long before America and Europe put Japan in the dock, alongside China, and accuse it of keeping its currency unfairly low.

Shaw was typically writing thundering reviews of photographic exhibitions long before he started photography.

They advocated the need for a personal relationship with Jesus Christ long before anyone had ever heard of Evangelical Christianity.

It cannot be long before consumer spending stumbles, which in turn would hurt companies' profits and investment.

I have been asked this question several times long before, but I just want to say that how can I spend the day?

Get prepared long before cold and flu season catches up with you or your family.

Sales volume tends to recover long before prices.

It will not take long before you can speak fluent English as long as you keep practicing.

It appears that the prophet Habakkuk did not have to wait long before the Lord answered.

Investment decisions have to be made long before products can be sold.

TestNG established itself as an annotations-based framework long before the modifications to JUnit were in progress.

He had already discovered Kamala's house in the city long before, there he turned up the following day.

It wouldn't be long before he closed a deal with one of the chain stores.

I had intended to talk about the priority of pedestrians at Cornell long before, but I always forgot about that.

It was not long before I came upon a natural well made of stones.