Sentence examples for they preceded from inspiring English sources

They preceded him by many years and are part of a tortuous history with many players.

Tamales are old, as food goes; they preceded Columbus, and possibly Christ.

Many people here expressed worry that anarchy and warlordism would succeed the Taliban, just as they preceded the mullahs' rule.

But they preceded by less than half a century the success of the theory that made tradition indispensable to the valid development of Islamic law.

They preceded the arrest on Monday of the leader of one of Mexico's most notorious drug gangs, the Zetas, a bigger catch that made headlines across the globe.

And there were unaccountably long instrumental solos, by the keyboardist Federico Gonzalez Peña and the drummer Gene Lake, that had little to do with the songs they preceded.

"Because they precede the Four Extraordinary Foundations.

The ending they precede is not always obvious.

Our emissaries, they precede us, adrift in their satellite libraries.

But often they precede or follow songs that sound almost as sketchy as they do complete.

These were back in the fall of 1999, and I believe they precede the conclusions of law.