antecedent

According to the child, this is a race without antecedents.

She points out that her idea is not without antecedents.

It looked bad to do so, as one of his antecedents had learned the hard way.

From these antecedents he has emerged as his own man.

I thought that every man in England knew something of his antecedents.

The current building opened in 2009, though the school's antecedents date back to 1815.

The only clue to his antecedents we have is this photograph.

Both men are black, which gives this production some interesting antecedents.

In contrast to its antecedents, the new library was open to the general public.

I am very taken with archaeology and the search for antecedents.

With your antecedents, our children will be accepted by the best circles.

Both antecedents and consequences should be open to systematic change.

The 2nd has been held continuously by Republicans or their antecedents since 1859.

Information about his antecedents was contained in a private document.

Indeed, Republicans leave little doubt about their strategy, or its antecedents.

List antecedents and consequences for the problems you have defined in question 2 above.

I mean, it was quite likely that at any moment we might have to look into your antecedents."

Of course this heady new movement has many other antecedents.

In this way, too, the film is faithful to its antecedents, while still being a lot of fun.

But they are all commoners, or men of no antecedents.

But they are drawn even more to house music's disco antecedents.

We have already introduced the notion of antecedents and consequences.

Most of the men want their antecedents kept private.

But the memory of Billy's antecedents came to his rescue.

Her antecedents are unclear and the subject of much speculation.

It is considered to be a key antecedent of cultural studies.

All things have been attempted by some antecedent in the family tree.

An antecedent line, under a different name, had been established in 1961 by the same commander.

Obviously, the experiment is still to run, and it may support the antecedent position.

The following sections go into more detail about each antecedent.

For Laura, it seemed like each instance she found had an antecedent.

But, there are times when the pronoun has no antecedent.

An antecedent is the first half of a hypothetical proposition.

In other words, the pronoun it has no clear antecedent.

Would the antecedent practices erupt only in late middle age?

I cannot think there was anything in my antecedent reading to account for this coincidence.

As a matter of fact, the preparations were long antecedent to the raid.

Here, "men have walked on the moon" is the antecedent.

There is no clear antecedent in Chilean crafts for their work.

As an authority for times antecedent to his own, Severus is of little moment.

The last antecedent rule is also applied to contract interpretation.

The river is an ancient stream, following an antecedent canyon.

"Content" has both a positive and negative meaning or antecedent condition.

Shared leadership in teams: An investigation of antecedent conditions and performance.

The examples so far all have the ellipsis following its antecedent.

It is seen as a contract according to the law of nature, antecedent to civil institutions and by itself an institution.

For these reasons, it is considered a key antecedent to naturalist literature.

Who also takes the person (first, second or third) of its antecedent:

One of the biggest differences between today's reality television and its 1973 antecedent is the genre's status.

But we need not look to fiction to find a historical antecedent to the mayor's homeless policy.