Sentence examples similar to a precursor of spring from inspiring English sources

Was she a precursor of 1960s feminism?

That grant is considered a precursor of today's national park system.

It is referred to as a precursor of today's multicultural China.

And in 1914, the early Hollywood star Florence Lawrence invented an "auto-signalling arm" for cars – a precursor of today's indicators.

In 1948, Manchester City, a member of England's First Division, a precursor of today's Premier League, signed him.

The debate over T.F.T.P. was in many ways a precursor of today's debate about the N.S.A.

The country's first mining school, a precursor of today's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, was established in 1864 and awarded the first Columbia Ph.D. in 1875.

Gene Allison, whose groundbreaking 1957 rhythm-and-blues hit, "You Can Make It if You Try," was a precursor of 1960's soul music and was recorded by the Rolling Stones on their debut album in 1964, died here on March 6.

But to see Warshow as a precursor of today's cheerleaders of popular culture is to slight his skepticism, as well as the degree to which he remained, despite himself, a man of his time.

As a schoolteacher near Albi, he'd fallen under the spell of the charismatic Socialist Jean Jaurès, a great figure of pacifism on the eve of the First World War and a precursor of today's Socialist Party.

Mr. Waters also produced "The Arthur Murray Party," a precursor of today's infomercials that sought to attract clients to the chain of dance schools by entertaining people with dancing on television.