Sentence examples for for a prelude from inspiring English sources

Musicians in traditional attire take their places beside the stage for a prelude.

They are not fine when they are hooped end-to-end, as a substitute for argument instead of a prelude to it.

The election of Mr. Uribe represents for some Colombians a fervent hope for peace and for others a prelude to full-scale war between his new government and the various armed groups of Colombia.

Mr Advani's supporters believe he was treated unfairly when the party went ahead and named Mr Modi, 62, as the all powerful campaign chief for 2014, a prelude to naming him as the party's new prime ministerial candidate.

Deferring the peace process will not offer a respite for reassessment but a prelude for unimaginable violent escalation of the conflict from which only the detractors of peace can reap the greatest benefit.

The producers cut it to two acts and two hours, and made other changes, like transforming a scene for two minor characters into a Prelude for Ulysses and Penelope on their wedding night.

The six powers want to use their proposed freeze-for-freeze period as a prelude to formal negotiations on a package of economic, political, technological and security rewards.

Instead of a battle for the East Division title, this weekend served as a prelude for Hefty Bag Day for the Mets.

Indeed, the negotiations with KPMG appear more like playing for time than a prelude to a transaction.

Critical burns seared a third of her body, and she was hospitalized for five months, a prelude to a legacy of scars and employment-ending pain.

But a cleverer response is to suspend it temporarily introducing "promotional" prices on selected goods, for example—as a prelude to a bloodier price war should the treachery continue.