Most of the songs were written years prior to the albums release.

In western classical music, this usually means music written prior to the 15th century.

Three other books of madrigals written prior to 1611 are lost.

The book was written prior to Nathan knowing about her own future diagnosis with the disease.

Written just prior to the Iraq war, this article explains his support for the invasion.

In hindsight, this book should have been written prior to the 1988 elections.

Some of the songs were written as early as 1998 and others just prior to recording.

She had written two novels prior to this one, but failed to find a publisher for them.

An outline for the novel, running to 4500 words, was written prior to Shea's death.