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This is a precursor of the modern Spaghetti alla carbonara, one of the most popular pasta dishes, but of obscure origin.
The early stages of mineralization of bone tissue proceed through the formation and growth of bioapatite crystallites from a precursor material.
Companies can be guided by key lead indicators which have historically been a precursor of a change in activity levels for their business sector.
This suggested that marijuana use was not a necessary precursor to use of crack, powder cocaine, or heroin.
Tryptophan is used in some plant species as a precursor to bioactive alkaloids and defence phytoalexins, as well as the phytohormone auxin.
We investigated a role of the glyoxalase detoxification system of precursor reactive carbonyl compounds in the in vivo AGE formation.
These precursor cells give rise to all of the mature oligodendrocytes that make myelin throughout life.
If there's a literary precursor, it's the English 17th century essayist Sir Thomas Browne.
Bond's preoccupation with brand names made him a precursor of the consumer society.
In fact, the form of old Celtic was the closest cousin to Italic, the precursor of Latin.
On the one hand, alchemy is regarded as a precursor of the modern science of chemistry.
Not only is the construction different from Stonehenge, but it is also a precursor.
The bear hug is a dominant position, with great control over the opponent, and is often a precursor to a takedown.
The problem in the United States is that law enforcement tends to monitor the purchase of the precursor chemicals required to synthesize ecstasy.
In another passage Weber defines the tasks of economic history as a precursor of neoclassical cliometrics.
This union of chemistry with medicine was one characteristic of the iatrochemical school of which he was the precursor.
A modern and widespread alternative or precursor to marriage is cohabitation.
Recognizing the indemonstrable is a necessary precursor to understanding the nature of a parable.
This took place in 1922, and was a precursor of the show trials of the following decades.
In the Netherlands, shared care models have acted as a precursor of the recently introduced concept of disease management.
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Examples from Classical Literature
That is, the neurones are laid in conductive series, the far end of one apposed to the near end of its precursor.
The precursor of the sitfast is always a swelling filled with serum and lymph, caused, as before stated, by badly-fitting harness.
It was only a 'temblor,' or shock of earthquake, in its mildest form, but it may be the precursor of a more serious disaster.
In his relation to these older students the grammar master may be regarded as the precursor of the system of tutorial instruction.
The Washington, however, was only the precursor of greater vessels.
Has he been rightly called a precursor of the modern spirit?
It was known, by all present, to be the brave precursor of a weighty and important judgment.
The signals which dictate which of the two lineages a precursor will mature into are not well understood.
Raising a shout of triumph, he sprang toward the defenseless Cora, sending his keen axe as the dreadful precursor of his approach.
That particular morning seemed to me to be the precursor of a new era.
Shortly before McGwire broke Roger Marls' single-season record of 61 home runs, it was learned that he had been taking the steroid precursor androstenedione.
The next text, 'On the Influence of the Belles Lettres on the Higher Sciences', is an interesting precursor to Schiller's great work on aesthetic education.
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