Sentence examples for But preceding from inspiring English sources

But preceding it was a kind of entr'acte.

Two very large paintings, also belonging to the "Mark" series but preceding the smaller dark canvases, give a glimpse perhaps of the previous life of these objects.

The one-page menu begins fairly traditionally, but sashays into disorganization a few dishes down from the top, with crisp wild mushroom and butternut squash ravioli following a few soups and salads but preceding panzanella du jour.

A companion instrument to the European convention similar to but preceding the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is the European Social Charter (1961) and its additional protocol (1988).

In September came the latest chapter in that sequence: a poem performed by Naufahu following the charges but preceding the sentence, in which he calls out the "haters" and "hoes" who tried to bring him down.

To identify gene expression responses characteristic of intoxication but preceding organ failure and death, we exposed the fish to DDVP for only 24 h in the definitive experiment.

That meeting followed byelections won by Aung San Suu Kyi's party, but preceded her entry to parliament.

A nonfinite verb follows the subject but precedes the object and adverbials (except sentence adverbials and certain time adverbials, which may precede the nonfinite verb).

Following His Father's Path But Making His Own Way Mr. Ferrante, 26, was following in the footsteps of his father but preceded him that day.

Manuel del Valle, 60, an overachiever from the housing projects on Amsterdam Avenue, made the same leaps as the judge — to Princeton University and Yale Law School — but preceded her by five years.

Mr. S. is 7 years younger than his brother, but preceded Mr. Fitzgerald into the Abbey, which accounts for the fact that he uses the family name.