Sentence examples for were a forerunner from inspiring English sources
It's as if the concerto were a forerunner of the "Eroica" symphony, with its Napoleonic origins.
This detailed exposition shows how its ideals formed the basis of today's liberal democracies and how its excesses were a forerunner of 20th-century repressions.
Those debates were a forerunner of the one that is happening now about clicktivism – Make Poverty History wasn't the start of it.
The paired dances, pavane and galliard, were a forerunner of the instrumental dance suites of the 17th century, and pavanes appear in a few early suites e.g., the padouanas in some suites of Johann Hermann Schein.
These were a forerunner of the big Las Vegas casino shows today: sexy but not smutty, "classy" but populist in their taste and pricing, excessive in every detail from fabric choices to the size of the meals.
The table tennis matches were a forerunner to President Nixon's landmark trip to China in 1972, and the Chinese quickly followed his visit with the donation of two panda bears to the National Zoo in Washington.
It was a forerunner to Miranda.
Willis was invited to be a forerunner, but she declined.
Pyramids was a forerunner of the game snooker.
Pool was a forerunner of the game snooker.
