The only reason you see placards in Parliament Square today is because the anti-war protester Brian Haw's demonstration preceded the introduction of the act, which is not retrospective.
No, generally the rugby league dive has been preceded by a genuine blow that the 'victim' is pretty sure was illegal.
The vote was preceded by testimony from women urged the agency to approve the drug and told about their fears of never being able to have sex again.
There is no appetite, though, for a drawn-out process – similar to that which preceded Trapattoni's appointment in 2008 – and, already, Martin O'Neill, who has his supporters within the FAI, has emerged as the favourite.
As befits my maverick old friend Nigel Lawson, his most memorable budget was not the one that preceded the 1987 election, which the Tories won in a canter, but his 1988 budget, in which he changed not just the British but the western world's attitude to acceptable levels of taxation by lowering the top rate from 60% to 40%.
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The news was preceded by the retirement of a fifth assistant director, out of eight total.
Rodgers's reputation for high possession, pressing football at Swansea preceded him upon arrival at Anfield yet it was naive to think that mimicking those methods would ensure success with his new team.
The speech was preceded by a carnival-like atmosphere: hundreds queued happily outside in the heat, while others, without tickets, staked out with cameras the campus roundabout Obama's advance team reportedly wanted removed, for (ultimately unrealised) fears the Cadillac he travels in – the Beast – would fail to negotiate it.
As Obama left the hall, shaking hands with schoolchildren and at least one former governor general, the country music that preceded his arrival blared out once more.
The 1970 victory had been preceded by talk of competitiveness, lower taxes, the hunting down of "lame duck" industry, a curb on public spending and an assault on what was seen as untrammelled trade union power.
