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The phrase "is a precursor to" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It means that something is a forerunner or a sign of something else that will happen in the future. Example: The teacher explained that good study habits are a precursor to academic success. This sentence means that good study habits are an indication or an early form of academic success. In other words, if you have good study habits, it is likely that you will achieve academic success in the future.
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And happiness is a precursor to success.
But consistency is a precursor to faith, I tell him.
But I don't think it is a precursor to the drug companies cutting prices.
About 13.5 million children have impaired glucose tolerance, which is a precursor to diabetes.
All this is a precursor to "tools for thinking about evolution".
"We've been told that the letter is a precursor to a lawsuit," he said.
But what if the decline in unemployment is a precursor to a rise in RDPI?
"Rosebrook is a precursor to a more elaborate gladed area next year.
Cysteine, the product of these two reactions, is a precursor to glutathione.
Strain localization is a precursor to crack initiation.
Reorganisation, however, is useful only if it is a precursor to action.
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