predate

The company long predated the building, and even its name.

In fact it actually predates the county by several years.

These all predate the television series by a number of years.

Old House is the only building to predate the school on the current site.

So I got to predate the movie by seven months.

Well, my favorite example of this actually way predates David's work.

The band has a history that predates even its current name.

Those whose service predates the 1994 revolution, on the other hand, number only 86, or 37 percent.

Some of the plant life predates the last ice age.

That long predates the changes in the welfare system, he said.

And evidence of all this often predates contact with Western culture.

A bit of advice that probably also predates the French.

Its date of construction is not known but likely predates 1500.

It is not clear whether the road predated the settlement.

The kinds of problems it can cause predate modern technology.

The theater predates the club, and was part of the original 1926 building.

The fire department was started in 1908, predating the incorporation of the city itself.

Many consider this significant since several of the books are thought to predate Jesus.

In the form of "rocks all the way down", the story predates James to at least 1838.

They actually predated the 100 series trains, having been built between 1980 and 1986.

"It's an art and a science that predates the medical model of care.

But even the works that predate 9/11 can bleed into the here and now.

"This has so much to do with local and political issues that predate him 20 years.

Local 976 services predate 900 numbers by many years, but most of their rapid growth has come very recently.

However, many of the problems he describes predate the information era.