41.   But they said the patent study was part of continuing research on science trends that began long before the current push to trim the deficit.

42.   By order of California regulators confronting an unprecedented electricity crisis, the scattered outages began shortly before noon.

43.   By entering a guilty plea, Van Hecke avoided a trial that was to have begun Tuesday before the same judge.

44.   Cockfights begin long before the Derby proper.

45.   City officials maintain that planning for the closing began long before the mayor set a date last year and has always been readily shared with local residents.

46.   Congress put an end to many of these investments by taking away their lure as tax shelters, but not before investors began suffering huge losses.

47.   Construction on each should begin before the end of the year, he said.

48.   Could it be that in some rare cases, artistic expression began before modern Homo sapiens?

49.   Counting the votes is not expected to even begin before Thursday.

50.   Critics disputed his data, saying that white flight had begun long before busing, and attacked his motives, saying he had abandoned his commitment to desegregation.