The right side of the hoop precedes the left by several seconds.

He shows that in other cases the act precedes the state; e.g.

The national idea, therefore, precedes the social idea, as Mazzini rightly insists.

But the operation of the intellect precedes the operation of the will.

Further, as the priesthood excels in dignity, so it precedes in antiquity.

Its most common cause is hypertension; in fact, hypertension generally precedes it.

So it seems that generation precedes paternity in the order of intelligence.

Baptism is the expression and consequence of the faith which precedes it.

No matter what you do, the light always precedes the button press.

Silence has settled upon the hotel;-thatheavy silence which precedes the dawn.

It precedes the green and flowery spring, as mythology precedes regular poetry.

Now an act of faith precedes the acts of all the virtues.

A lady invariably precedes her escort down the aisle of the train.

I've never come across Morales before now, but his reputation precedes him.

Our results suggest that the ERC atrophy precedes hippocampal atrophy in AD.

Experience precedes instruction; when he recognises his nurse he has learnt much.