Sentence examples for is a predecessor of from inspiring English sources

But Holly Golightly in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' is a predecessor of all the drag queens of the nineties.

Written by Winfield Scott and Otis Blackwell, the song is a predecessor of sorts to "Take This Job and Shove It".

2. The predecessor relationship may contain cycles: e.g., job a is a predecessor for b, b is a predecessor for c, and c is a predecessor for a. 3. The list of prerequisites for a job may include more than the immediate prerequisites; e.g., job a is a predecessor of b, b is a predecessor of c, and a and b both are predecessors of c. 4. Some predecessor relationships may be overlooked.

What appeals to me is that it is a predecessor of the Natural History Museum in Kensington, and in the early days of its existence was the venue for the most famous debate about Darwinism, between Thomas Huxley – who became known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for the vehemence of his argument – and the Bishop of Oxford.

If the new page is a successor of the replacement plan (langle k_1, l_1rangle ), it should hold that (p = k_1 + l); if the new page is a predecessor of the replacement plan (langle k_2, l_2rangle ), it should hold that (p + 1 = k_2).

As the rock-inhabiting K. petricola A95 belongs to an ancestral lineage of the Chaetothyriales (Ascomycetes) and is a predecessor of opportunistic pathogens and lichens (Gueidan et al. [2008]), it is also of potential importance for understanding the evolution of Ascomycete life styles.

Nitrate is a predecessor to the development of the genotoxic N-nitroso compounds (NOC), which are known animal carcinogens (Ward et al. 2005).

Munson, the former Yankees captain, was a predecessor of Piazza as a star catcher in New York.

Weekend Update was a predecessor of the newspaper parody, not the reverse.

Not only did she feed great artists, she was a predecessor of Julia Child.

Rickey hired her as a secretary for his new operation, which was a predecessor of the Metropolitan Baseball Club.