1.   So remember to work into your entertaining plan the fact that the mussels and the steak need to be prepared shortly before serving.

2.   Critics say the guidelines were prepared before the economic crisis started last July and few adjustments have been made.

3.   The agreement was prepared before a wave of deadly protests and riots in the streets of Jakarta late last week.

4.   The report was prepared before the financial turmoil that has hit Thailand, Malaysia and other Asian economies, casting a shadow over negotiations.

5.   The Statistics Department said the figures released Friday are incomplete because they were prepared before the end of the month.

6.   The study was prepared before the financial turmoil that hit Thailand, Malaysia and other Asian economies, casting a shadow over negotiations.

7.   His paper was prepared before the current China-Taiwan tensions.

8.   The Israeli report into the Hebron mosque massacre whitewashing the government and the army was prepared before settler Baruch Goldstein even opened fire, official Syrian radio charged Monday.