Sentence examples for and the precursor of from inspiring English sources

Crest had invested in Orbimage, a subsidiary of Orbital Sciences and the precursor of GeoEye.

When she was runner-up to Jennifer Capriati in the 2001 French Open, the achievement was regarded as remarkable and the precursor of major titles.

"Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" by Mr. Talese, published in Esquire in 1966, is considered a classic of the genre and the precursor of the modern celebrity profile.

In 1942, with the United States at war with the Axis powers, he joined the Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S ., the nation's first civilian intelligence service and the precursor of the C.I.A.

Meanwhile, Walter Teagle, the formidable head of Standard Oil of New Jersey, America's largest oil company (and the precursor of ExxonMobil), headed for London to stake his firm's claim.

Not even his wins in at the World Cup, as the leading individual, at Kiawah Island in 1997 and the precursor of the Andersen Consulting World Matchplay last year count.

Military engineering is the oldest of the engineering skills and was the precursor of the profession of civil engineering.

For the past few hours, the wind has been rising and falling, the precursor of a storm coming in from the west.

Jesus being a great leader knew the power of ideas which allows flexibility in uniqueness and was the precursor of the Holy Spirit.

ALA, the precursors of all longer chain n-3 PUFA, and LA, the precursor of AA, must be acquired in the diet as essential nutrients [23].

Procalcitonin is a polypeptide made of 116 amino acids and is the precursor of calcitonin.