51.   The movie would undoubtedly have been a better work of art had it ended before Spielberg glued on all the curlicues.

52.   The protest ended before high tide, when oil tankers normally navigate the channel.

53.   The season begins around bowl selection time, and ends shortly before the start of spring practice.

54.   The show ended before midnight.

55.   The sessions ended just before the end of June.

56.   The singer sometimes ends before the dancers.

57.   The war ended before construction was completed.

58.   The usual pattern has been to wait until the honeymoon ends before the pink slips start to go out.

59.   The war ended before the mission could be carried out, and in any case it is not clear that it would have been.

60.   The war ended before NATO had assembled its entire peacekeeping forces in Macedonia and Albania.