21.   But the decrease started long before September.

22.   But only four starts before the Run for the Roses?

23.   But the law does allow the continuation of activities started before the Sabbath.

24.   But the potholes and valleys had started miles before that.

25.   But the sheer enormity of putting the city back together created the assumption that serious planning efforts would not start before this summer.

26.   But the slide that had started before the Verizon deal was not stemmed by it.

27.   But the word-of-mouth started even before its release.

28.   But unlike the United States, Germany has become a perpetual laggard with problems that started long before the current slowdown and seem likely to continue long after.

29.   Chad Cascadden, who had never started before this season, became a starter.

30.   Concern about bone density should start decades before menopause.