Sentence examples for direct precursor from inspiring English sources

DCIS represents a direct precursor to invasive ductal carcinoma.

This, to some extent, is the direct precursor of that.

(Hermann Hermann, the deluded protagonist of "Despair," is a direct precursor of Humbert Humbert).

Kimmy Szeto's spare, woodwind-heavy chamber orchestra arrangement of the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" offered a glimpse at the style's direct precursor.

This direct precursor of the King Kong myth (although the victim is more Jane Russell than Fay Wray) is in the Washington show.

But the most direct precursor for American Ultra in the incongruous everyperson superspy sub-genre may be the The Long Kiss Goodnight.

As Kirstein rightly pointed out, Lopukhov's 1923 "Dance Symphony," to Beethoven's Fourth Symphony (in which Balanchine danced) was a direct precursor to "Serenade".

De Rothschild's most direct precursor may be Michael Rockefeller, another earnest scion of an eminent family who was drawn to remote corners of the globe.

The late-19th-century Swiss-made "Railroad Station" musical box in an elaborately carved wooden case is a coin-operated mechanical that plays 10 tunes and is a direct precursor of the jukebox.

As more than one commentator on manga has pointed out, the most direct precursor of the form is ukiyo-e, the woodblock prints -- themselves often erotic or rudely caricatural -- published in 19th-century Tokyo.

Not only is it funny and clever and original and generation-defining, but it's also probably a direct precursor to Lesbian Vampire Killers, and that's got Chardonnay off Footballers' Wives in it.