| A French book by an Indian resident, being translated into English, this is but a curtain raiser to the next publication in line. |
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| In June 2003 he performed as curtain raiser at Johnny Hallyday's tour of the French stadiums. |
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| Under no conditions can there be commercial exploitation of curtain raiser matches. |
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| The vote is also a curtain raiser for next year's presidential election. |
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| The other two games on the opening day took place at the Suwon Sports Complex, which was brimmed to capacity for Korea Republic's curtain raiser against Peru. |
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| All the action from the Pro20 international at New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, a curtain raiser to the forthcoming one-day series. |
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| The last movement, sometimes a minuet, is an exuberant curtain raiser. |
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| The Hopman Cup, a third competition for mixed teams, carries less prestige, but is a popular curtain raiser to the tennis season. |
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| Last Sunday's Community Shield fixture, the curtain raiser on the English domestic season, pitched together two managers more likely to exchange blows than pleasantries on the Wembley touchline. |
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| Charm, not incidentally, was one of the primary attractions of the program's curtain raiser, Mendelssohn's First Piano Concerto, with Garrick Ohlsson at the keyboard. |
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| In August 1996 Ireland beat Scotland at the RDS Arena in Dublin as a curtain raiser to the charity shield match between Leeds Rhinos and Wigan Warriors. |
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