He was obviously eager to shed his reputation in some quarters as a bully, so he repeatedly prefaced efforts to box Mr. Bush into various corners with apologetic caveats like: "Maybe I heard the previous statements wrong, governor".
With the help of a family of rich merchants of Ioánnina (Janina), he published a whole series of editions of Classical authors, which he prefaced with appeals to his compatriots to cast off their Byzantine ignorance by reviving the glories of the ancient world and by imitating the French the people of modern Europe who, in his estimation, most resembled his Classical ancestors.
And yet, as might be the case on many night-time cable news shows, the women of "The View" prefaced their questions to Mr. McCain on Sept. 12 with what seemed to be thinly veiled references to how they were leaning in the election — with Ms. Behar and Ms. Goldberg expressing obvious disappointment with Mr. McCain, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck saying he could count on her vote.
Burley did his own image as a football judge no favours, either, when he prefaced the trip to Oslo with an appraisal of Scott Brown that would have caused the casual listener to believe that the Scotland manager was describing Andrés Iniesta.
Unless noted, the following terms are adjectives modifying "motor seizure" or "seizure" e.g. "tonic motor seizure or dystonic seizure", and whose definitions can usually be understood as prefaced by: "refers to …". 1.1.1 Tonic A sustained increase in muscle contraction lasting a few seconds to minutes.
John wrote his vision, prefaced with messages to seven churches in Asia Minor (modern western Turkey), from the island of Patmos in the Aegean Sea.
But the Australian's Sid Maher prefaced his question to Scott at the press club lunch with the words: "Thanks for your glowing assessment of the newspaper industry.
He was previously CIO at British Airways and prefaced his move to the enterprise environment with 17 years at the forefront of the UK public sector.
One professor at the seminar Thursday prefaced a question to Mr. Yao, the Chinese diplomat, with this: "I realize that it's difficult for you to speak freely -- after this conference you would be fired if you talked freely".
One professor at the seminar on Thursday prefaced a question to Mr. Yao, the Chinese diplomat, with this: "I realize that it's difficult for you to speak freely — after this conference you would be fired if you talked freely".
