David Lidington said ahead of his visit:

The distance between them shrank to two and a half games, which it remains only days ahead of Boston's next visit to Yankee Stadium.

Commenting ahead of his visit, the Foreign Secretary said:

To obtain fishing permits and book a time, contact the manager at Galway Fisheries several months ahead of your visit.

It was finally granted full international status in January 2006, ahead of Sri Lanka's visit to the country.

"The rate cut is welcome in terms of international cooperation ahead of Bush's visit."

The statement comes ahead of David Miliband's upcoming visit.

Last week, ahead of the Secretary General's visit, the Rwanda tribunal received a few morale boosters.

Thus, the professor could easily have arrived home ahead of Fay's visit.

Hepzibah thinks to herself that it is just like a country cousin to lack the sophistication to write ahead of her intended visit.