Sentence examples for great preceding from inspiring English sources

Observe, however, that the great preceding illusion is undispelled.

Professor Raeff (pronounced RY-uff), who taught Russian history and Russian studies at Columbia University from 1961 to 1988, was a specialist in imperial Russia, encompassing most of the 18th and 19th centuries, following the reign of Peter the Great and preceding the Bolshevik Revolution.

Political autobiographies should either be funny (ideally at the author's expense) or an account of great events, preceded by no more explanation of the formative years than is absolutely necessary.

The Great Depression preceded the New Deal.

The new Gran Meliá Rome (above) boasts a marvelous panorama on the great city, preceded by a short ride up a winding hill, removing you from the traffic miasma below.

And, in doing so, it provided a worrying answer to one of the enduring questions from the great boom that preceded the great blow up: Did the bankers on Wall Street know that they were peddling junk that was likely to explode in the hands of the buyers, or had they, too, fallen victim to the wishful thinking and delusional self-rationalization that typifies bubbles?

So one fact we observe is that both the Great Recession and Great Depression were preceded by a large run-up in household debt.

And he makes it bearable by framing many of the songs in the style of music greats who preceded him.

Whether coincidental or not, Coulson's email urging greater efforts preceded the zenith of hacking at the NOTW.

In paired ramp trials assessing the possible impact of ramp context, loudness change in response to up-ramps was significantly greater when preceded by down-ramps, than when not preceded by another ramp.

That was before I knew the details of the bloody battles that brought tens of thousands of American soldiers through this airstrip between 1942 and 1943, before I knew that my great-uncle preceded me here as a Marine, falling injured in the tawny hills.