They were put in place before the development of the human race.

He was indeed writing before the true development of political economy.

They probably came before the development of more complex eyes.

Some people use the term information technology about technologies used before the development of the computer.

This was especially so before the development of trace theory.

However, this was well before the development of modern archaeological techniques.

Historically, before the development of engines, they were first used in this way.

They suggested that this needed to be done in the near future, before development created "further difficulty".

The 8008 (originally called 1201) chip design started before the 4004 development.

Therefore, a cat may have significant clinical signs long before the development of a positive test.