Sentence examples for all preceding from inspiring English sources

But in the 20th century, surgery progressed farther, faster, and more dramatically than in all preceding ages.

From repeated revisions, and new surveys by compass, the portolan charts eventually surpassed all preceding maps in accuracy and reliability.

"We learned more about the nature of the ocean in the latter part of the 20th century than during all preceding human history," Dr. Earle said.

The Dreadnought immediately made all preceding battleships obsolete, but by World War I it was obsolescent itself, having been outclassed by faster "superdreadnoughts" carrying bigger guns.

Each player, in turn from the dealer's left, may pass or make one bid, which must be higher than all preceding bids.

"If Nigeria lose by one goal, and Iran win by the same scoreline that Nigeria lose by, then is it not still possible to be tied in all preceding criteria?

From the "Communist Manifesto": The bourgeoisie, during its rule of scarce one hundred years, has created more massive and more colossal productive forces than have all preceding generations together.

In seven career games (all preceding his own three Presidential runs), the elder Paul hit.294, with six runs scored and six R.B.I. — including the first over-the-fence home run in the game's history.

Gibbs: "The 2008 agreement we finally reached with the litigants vacating all preceding court orders and replacing them with a coherent, mutually acceptable framework for running the shelters is an achievement we're very proud of.

The velocity or rate of growth reflects the child's state at any particular time better than does the height attained, which depends largely on how much the child has grown in all preceding years.

It was also the century of mass warfare, of two world wars with tolls in lives and property greater perhaps than the sum total of all preceding wars in history.