"More people would read eg Tristram Shandy if its reputation did not precede it.
Such agreements usually follow, not precede, significant agreements on substantial issues.
The divestment campaign gave a powerful voice to this movement, but it did not precede it.
It followed an inoculation for smallpox; it did not precede the inoculation.
The voidable act may not precede the adjudication by more than six months.
When the subject does not precede the verb, it follows it.
Boone did not precede that home run with one of his own, having struck out after Suzuki grounded out.
First set: Federer 3-3 Philippoussis* A double fault does not precede a collapse and tension between the two remains high.
Cognitive impairment typically does not precede gait problems, they said, but when it does, or when dementia has become severe, the response to treatment is lessened.
"Your fragrance should never be perceived beyond an arm's length, it should not precede you into the room," Ms. Bloom said.
Yet this noun did not precede the pronoun, but came after, way after, revealing its identity only in the following sentence.
