The phrase "a possible foretaste of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an indication or preview of something that may happen in the future.
Example: "The recent developments in technology provide a possible foretaste of the innovations we can expect in the coming years."
Alternatives: "a glimpse of" or "an indication of".
XB Buy this book at the Guardian bookshop McCarthy's most acclaimed novel is a tale from the near-future and a possible foretaste of things to come.
Early this month, the Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble played there, offering a possible foretaste of its festival set at Warwick Grove, the retirement development.
In a possible foretaste of that, prosecutors in southern Italy were reported to have called for seven executives at Standard & Poor's and Fitch to be tried over downgrades that were made to Italy's sovereign debt rating last year.
And the New York Stock Exchange made headlines a couple of times Wednesday: President Bush caused a flurry of excitement among traders as he made a stop on the exchange floor, and the NYSE announced it would cooperate with the Tokyo Stock Exchange on several fronts, including technology offering a possible foretaste of a merger.
A foretaste of this possible future was available last week when Microsoft offered free downloads of "Timeline" to anyone with a Pocket PC, a palm-size device about the size and heft of a mass-market paperback.
But was that period of progress an aberration or a foretaste of the fairer world to come?
In places where rules and institutions do not protect co-operators, freeloaders consistently dominate.Dr Rand's work is just a foretaste of what is possible.
And last Thursday, Amnesty International UK released a media briefing offering a foretaste of their report on killings in the province.
The work is "a milestone, but also a foretaste of what is to come," according to theorist Adam Burrows of the University of Arizona, Tucson.
That serpent is a foretaste of a terrible text printed on the wall of the exhibition's most daunting room.
Its lack of foul odor seemed something like a foretaste of an improved future Gowanus Canal.
