The slide of 1994 was a precursor of nothing -- just momentarily higher interest rates.
And 1998 is a precursor of nothing other than an acceptance of a moderate slowdown.
As a precursor to privatisation, both banks felt they had to start paying dividends again.
The extreme weather the world is seeing now is a precursor to more, he said.
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One of his first successes: IBM's Model B electric typewriter (a precursor to the Selectric).
This is a precursor to the jacked-up Ebay pricing that will come November 18.
Wealth here has always come as a consequence of survival, never as a precursor to it.
The team proposed that a precursor to that cellular pump evolved in the membranes of the proto-cells.
The Mars Science Laboratory is a precursor mission to sharper technology that could do life detection, Grotzinger said.
Supplements of beta-carotene, which is a precursor of the antioxidant vitamin A, should be used with caution, however.
Hence, these stock market gains may be a precursor to a rebound in economic growth in early-mid 2013.
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Myanmar acceded to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, usually a precursor to full ASEAN membership.
In hindsight, that cover may have been a precursor of things to come.
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In fact, Willkie's free-market optimism was a precursor to that of Ronald Reagan.
Of course, the bear camp will argue that the afternoon dive is a precursor of bad things to come.
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That is a precursor to the Labor Department's nonfarm payrolls report on Friday.
However, Matt Williams, a fund manager at Perpetual Trustees said taking the stake "is definitely a precursor to a takeover".
On the side he invented a precursor to the Vigenere cipher, a code so strong it took three centuries to crack.
That negative growth, correlated as it was with a big drop in government spending, is a precursor of things to come.
Perhaps Wisconsin should be seen as a precursor to Occupy Wall Street, and perhaps Occupy Wall Street is only the beginning.
The China Vanke deal could be a precursor for others, although the company has indicated it will take a measured approach.
It turns out the losses by the Wolverines and Jayhawks were just a precursor to the thriller in South Bend, Ind.
British Overseas Air Corporation was a precursor to BA, concentrating on long-haul routes in the early years of mass air travel.
It is not necessarily a precursor to Alzheimer's disease, but it does raise the risk of progressing into that more severe illness.
Reorganisation, however, is useful only if it is a precursor to action.
That makes diabetes a precursor to many of medicine's most debilitating conditions.
The withdrawal was a precursor to its withdrawal from Gaza in 2005.
Mr Lindsey points out that today's period of globalisation has a precursor in the free markets and economic integration of the mid-19th century.
Michael Howard, the Tory leader, said on November 10th that unelected regional assemblies, set up as a precursor to elected bodies, should be abolished.
Or some underlying issue, partly explained by genetics and early childhood experiences, could be a precursor to both poor sleep and the mental disorders.
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