Sentence examples for be prelude to from inspiring English sources

The second loss, however, turned out to be prelude to a renaissance.

His next volume of memoirs, he declared, would be Prelude to the Aftermath, a title he lifted from his second volume of memoirs, Falling Towards England.

Russia has vigorously opposed changing the treaty to allow the United States to field even a limited defense, fearing that it would be prelude to a larger system that would undermine Moscow's long-range nuclear force.

But nothing has been simple in Lebanese politics since the country began to deconstruct in the mid-1970's, and Hezbollah's moment of triumph could also be prelude to a painful transition for the Islamic group.

But even if he does order Lashkar closed down, senior Pakistani officials say, it is likely to be prelude to a shell game that has occurred before, in which groups that have become too contentious for Pakistan to continue supporting have "re-badged" themselves under new names, and resumed their attacks in Kashmir.

Comments of this sort make some people believe that a euro exit would be prelude to a larger departure from European and Western alliances, and possibly even a drift toward Russia.

Those awards turned out to be preludes to further honors.

Certain seemingly unrelated symptoms — fatigue, depression, shortness of breath — could be preludes to a serious cardiac event.

The museum's past exhibitions — surveying sexuality in China or disability and sexuality — could be preludes to more ambitious projects.

Although such focal and isolated LB depositions are not in accordance with the typical gradient (dmX > LC > SN), these could be preludes to full-blown PD or DLB.

These fights are prelude to a bigger one.