Sentence examples for direct forerunner from inspiring English sources

Jordan was the homeland of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the founder of al-Qaida in Iraq, a direct forerunner of Isis.

That was the direct forerunner of a long line of Winchester arms, including the famous Models 1866 and 1873, favourite weapons of the settlers in the American West.

Katz asserts that Shen's method of "dividing by 9, increase by 1; dividing by 8, increase by 2," was a direct forerunner to the rhyme scheme method of repeated addition "9, 1, bottom add 1; 9, 2, bottom add 2".

Earplugs were the direct forerunners of today's pierced earrings.

The Dutch ships that sailed in the 17th century to the Spice Islands were the direct forerunners of the Voyager spacecraft sent out to explore the Solar System.

It notably influenced many direct forerunners of the classical school of thought, including Turgot and other physiocrats.

Such informal correspondence networks among natural philosophers and collectors became increasingly important during the course of the 16th century and were direct forerunners of the scientific societies that would begin to form in the 17th century.

At the other end of the spectrum lies "The 9," which Mr. Scott wrote with the alto saxophonist Louis Fouché; its serpentine melody evokes the head-spinning post-bop once epitomized by Donald Harrison (a saxophonist, and Mr. Scott's uncle) and Terence Blanchard (a trumpeter, and his most direct stylistic forerunner).

But it was significant as an ideological forerunner and direct inspiration for the interracial NAACP, founded in 1909.

That film was directed by Anthony Mann — a forerunner of Eastwood, both men making mighty contributions to the Western and venturing further afield.

Though they were unsuccessful, Gray and Cram say, they were the forerunners of the direct action that formed the basis for the civil-rights movement forty years later.