Sentence examples similar to precursor to second from inspiring English sources

He is generally considered as the precursor to twentieth-century genetics (see, however, Olby 1979 and, for a more recent discussion, Orel and Hartl 1997).

Indignity is a precursor to second-class citizenship if not banishment.

But this deterrent is not enough to stop Israelis from seeing a nuclear Iran as the precursor to a second holocaust.

I was smoking, too – it was that long ago – but even at the time I thought to myself, This isn't the main event, this is some forerunner, just as herpes was the trailer for Aids, or the Spanish civil war was a precursor to the second world war.

After all, this year's Cinderella remake warmed our hearts, minds and tear ducts, so maybe with the right cast we can look past the fact that this Rob Marshall-directed installment will take place 20 years after the original (thus making the infamous run on the bank seem like a weird precursor to the second world war or something but hey, look, that's fine), and set our sights on victory.

We'd seen a bit of a precursor to the second debate in Paul Ryan and Joe Biden's showdown the week before, but just because theVP appeared comfortable didn't mean his boss would follow suit.

A precursor to Cartman first appeared in the first The Spirit of Christmas short, dubbed Jesus vs. Frosty, created by Parker and Stone in 1992 while they were students at the University of Colorado.

An unnamed precursor to Kyle first appeared in the first The Spirit of Christmas short, dubbed Jesus vs. Frosty, created by Parker and Stone in 1992 while they were students at the University of Colorado.

An unnamed precursor to Kenny first appeared in the first The Spirit of Christmas short, dubbed Jesus vs. Frosty, created by Parker and Stone in 1992 while they were students at the University of Colorado.

Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans to Rumilly, 186.5 km The first of three mountainous stages to conclude the Dauphiné, the fifth stage of the race was seen as a precursor to the tenth stage of July's Tour de France, with the majority of the day's route making up the parcours of that stage to be held on 11 July.

It was a fabulous finish which proved a precursor to a second-half Newcastle rally.