This has been the case before and after the passage of the Bill.

The case the court decided Tuesday began before passage of the new law.

I'd passed the first some way back, the second I knew came just before the horizontal passage.

Before its passage, most of the expansion in public health programs occurred at the state and local levels.

However, this provision of the bill was removed before passage.

In the years immediately before the law's passage, welfare dependency seemed out of control.

In another second, Cardona was standing before the little passage that led to the side door of the house.

Before passage, state law had already restricted marriage to a man and woman in statute 51-1.2.

He also noted that the overall crime rate had been declining before the law's passage.