Sentence examples for was the forerunner of from inspiring English sources

"Bill was the forerunner of the modern middle linebacker".

This group was the forerunner of the Abstract Expressionist movement.

That club was the forerunner of what became Berghain.

The Konversationslexikon was the forerunner of the Brockhaus encyclopaedias.

According to Billy Arthur, the film was the forerunner of the pageant (12).

The classical genetics1 of the 1970s was the forerunner of modern molecular biology.

This mechanism, called the snap matchlock, was the forerunner of the flintlock.

"It was the forerunner of what we could do sound-wise, and we just let rip.

Mr. Brinkley could quite possibly be the forerunner of a new school of television commentator...

Some musicologists believe it to be the forerunner of the European violin.

As a decorative feature, the anta is considered to be the forerunner of the pilaster.