Predecessors

One of the greatest advantages modern man has over our predecessors is access to modern dental care and, combined with dietary changes and advances in medical care, is largely responsible for our much increased life expectancy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

RAZ: When you compare President Obama to his predecessors, is he doing anything wrong when it comes to trying to tell his narrative in the story of what his administration has been able to do? ❋ Unknown (2010)

"There are new expectations of public — and legal — accountability that have developed," said Sir John, who, like predecessors, is referred to as "C," after the service's first chief, Mansfield Cumming. ❋ Cassell Bryan-Low (2010)

So I guess the charts, reports and numbers provided by ThinkProgress in previous posts showing that Obama has gotten plenty done in his first year and more so than his predecessors is not enough? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lemann's second claim, that Obama passed more liberal legislation than his predecessors, is also wrong. ❋ Robert Kuttner (2010)

Once newly elected governments have had time to make their own mistakes, or even become associated with contemporary disasters that are not of their own making, nostalgia for predecessors is likely to grow. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of the distinctive elements of the Latin-American missionary movement, and maybe a meaningful difference with its predecessors, is the place that the Word takes in the missionary process. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And another dish, even smaller than its predecessors, is flung. ❋ Unknown (2005)

One thing that bonds you to your colleagues and predecessors is the omnipresent desire to find one theory that explains everything. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Do not be deceived by the title of this book, or by the fact that much of Anita Brookner's twentieth novel, as lean in size and as unsparing in judgment as its predecessors, is illuminated by the brilliant sunshine of the French Riviera. ❋ Unknown (2001)

These suspicions were, of course, only confirmed when the new board voted to withdraw the suit of their predecessors from the Appellate Court and to act upon the decision of ❋ Unknown (1910)

Long-time readers won't be surprised to hear that I think Hulu's content 'partners' are fighting a losing battle, much as their record label predecessors did.

These considerations chiefly made the Company resolve to reclaim their ancient privileges in that kingdom, and a deputation was sent from the presidency of Madras in the year 1695 for that purpose, with letters addressed to her illustrious majesty the queen of Achin, desiring permission to settle on the terms her predecessors had granted to them; which was readily complied with, and a factory, but on a very limited scale, was established accordingly, but soon declined and disappeared. ❋ William Marsden (1795)

But what elevates this book above its predecessors is JK’s interleaving of action-packed, death-defying escapades with thinly-veiled allegorical and historical parallels. ❋ Stephen Tall (2007)

And was [talking] [eloquent] about [Justine], my predecessor. ❋ Morgan T. (2006)