1.   The export sector was freed before the import Sector.

2.   Sir Edward, of course, has had experience in getting hostages freed before.

3.   After haggling for nearly two days at the Pakistani embassy here, the visa came through and I had an afternoon free before my flight out to Islamabad.

4.   In what he called an anticorruption campaign, he ordered the police to re-arrest scores of suspects who were released without trial or freed before their sentences were complete.

5.   The leader of the free world freed himself before the overtime period began.

6.   After meeting Milosevic, though, he expressed pessimism they would be freed before the war ends.

7.   At least one guerrilla on the earlier list had been freed before the kidnapping, an Indian government spokesman said.

8.   Bernal, wearing a white shirt and denim pants provided by the guerrillas, embraced the rebel commander who freed him before being handed over.

9.   Eduardo de Lima was freed hours before his wife, but his two relatives were still being held.

10.   He refused to elaborate on whether she will be freed before the European visit.