Sentence examples for preceded the first from inspiring English sources

"Latino Americans" begins by laying out the saga of the Spaniards' colonization of the Americas, which preceded the first English and Dutch settlements in what would become the United States.

The protest preceded the first meeting with parents and the Department of Education about the proposed plan.

Arnie's cartoon, incidentally, actually preceded the first known usage of that phrase by four years, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

But other researchers think he has made a major advance in prebiotic chemistry, the study of the natural chemical reactions that preceded the first living cells.

Sir Antonio drew our attention to the catastrophic series of cancellations and substitutions that preceded the first night of the production.

Because years of lively cross-border trade preceded the first cases, he and other department critics have argued that risk should be assessed in North America as a whole.

In addition, the first sort of event always preceded the second, and never the reverse.

The interplay of these three elements in various styles suggests that the first two elements preceded the third.

It preceded the third ranking event of the season, the UK Championship.

Precipitation of uric acid in the joint cartilage precedes the first attack.

Early analysis of images of these folios suggests some may precede the first big standardisation.