Because before,as you remember, the term "disproportionate use of force" was used,as if there is a proportionate use to occupy other countries' territory."

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

He was interested in British Common Law, because his family had come to America from England many years before.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

You have no need of your courage, John Carter, because you already knew the answer before you asked the question.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

This is called an indirect method because the ink is put on the cut form before it goes on the paper.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

Another black writer dismissed Ellison because Ellison demanded that writing skills must be learned before political ideas can be expressed.

VOA: special.2010.09.19

This is because parents give resources,education and medical care to their boys before giving them to girls.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

Marian was shocked. Never before had anyone insulted her because of her race.

VOA: special.2009.01.18

That may be because he died before his twentieth birthday.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

And now since we have the information on the Internet at least in the United States of what the most popular names are, the percentage of kids who get them actually is going down because people are able to avoid them much more successfully than they did before."

VOA: special.2009.07.06

"It is a significant find within Sierra Leone because it has never happened before in Sierra Leone."

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

He says his government will continue to plead its case before its international partners because it needs their assistance now more than ever.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

But if it gets in here, there ain't no telling because nobody went through this before."

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

But the military has yet to launch a ground offensive there because it says it is consolidating gains in the Swat Valley before expanding the anti-insurgency activity.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

In the barn before a show as she dressed her mount Angel, Willms said she chose the RCMP because of the opportunities it offers and because of its national reputation.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25