| This was immediately preceded by US Secretary of State Colin Powell's whistle-stop tour of Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria. |
| In the Mahyna Buddhist tradition, Gautama Buddha was preceded by other Buddhas in other ages. |
| The first two cantatas consist of two arias, each preceded by a recitative. |
| Attempting to apprise the mob of Louis-Philippe's abdication, an elderly marshal on a white horse preceded by a trumpeter went unheard. |
| Each of the last six recessions in the US was preceded by an inversion in the yield curve. |
| He preceded his guests into the room, and formed a receiving line with Meredith and his councillors, who had been immediately behind him. |
