Sentence examples for most direct antecedent from inspiring English sources

The most direct antecedent to our study is, we believe, that of Yan and collaborators [ 11].

Block argues that rounders and early baseball were actually regional variants of each other, and that the game's most direct antecedents are the English games of stoolball and "tut-ball".

An Internet search for Jim Fixx -- arguably Mark Hughes's most direct circumstantial antecedent -- a man who, having popularized running in the 70's, dropped dead of a heart attack while on a jog, turns up mentions of him on Web pages devoted to exercise, certainly, but also on almost as many joke sites, one of which is titled, simply, the Stupidest Deaths in Known History.

The results indicate that time distortions and focused attention are the most important direct antecedents of flow.

It was the direct antecedent of the present Democratic Party.

The frottola, as it developed by 1530, was the direct antecedent of the 16th-century madrigal.

The sweeping chimney stack of 1040 is the direct antecedent for Stern's 15 Central Park West.

He is a direct antecedent of what are now called unicorns big men who can dribble, pass, protect the rim, and shoot the three but his most lasting legacy on the court may be his habit of knocking away the jump shots that opponents shoot after a whistle.

Rios took the most direct responsibility.

The most direct of these is trade.

Frost draws comparison with the affection felt for Star Wars – a direct antecedent of BTTF in terms of manic fandom (but, for me, a far inferior film).