1.   The wage erosion, of course, started before the end of the cold war.

2.   A preliminary hearing was due to start today before Mr Justice Hutchison, but was adjourned.

3.   She sued the Ministry of Defence at the Court of Session and the agreement was announced shortly before evidence had been due to start before Lord Prosser yesterday.

4.   John Paterson, chief executive of the harbour board, denied the allegations and stressed that the review of import charges had been started before the recent imports row.

5.   She started before me actually.

6.   American International Group, Kemper Insurance Cos. and Prudential Insurance Company of America expect to start before the end of the year with auto insurance.

7.   And because of technical limitations, it has been difficult for geologists to prove that the eruptions actually started before the extinction did.

8.   And in fact, the scattering of the collection started before his death.

9.   And many of the always-poor find themselves back where they started before Floyd swamped Princeville.

10.   As Piper recalls it, her problems there started long before her illness, the result of not revealing her racial identity while interviewing for the job.