It was the first general computing machine, and a direct predecessor of modern computers.

However, it is a direct predecessor of the later Mountain King title.

The Chinese fire lance was the direct predecessor to the modern concept of the firearm.

Around the middle of the eleventh century the direct predecessor of the current church was build.

These cupboards are the direct predecessors of today's bookcases.

This nursery school is the direct predecessor of today's School for Children.

It was a direct predecessor to the Colossus, the world's first programmable digital electronic computer.

But third, and most powerfully, I remember working for 'the scholarship exam', direct predecessor of the eleven-plus.

It was also the direct predecessor of the Poland 7TP tank.

On the contrary, he explicitly calls Hadrian V his direct predecessor.

The English law of restraint of trade is the direct predecessor to modern competition law.

However, it is not believed that any of these varieties were direct predecessors of Kazakh.

The parent company has Singapore Bus Service as its direct predecessor.

The club's direct predecessor was a team called Vodnik Tyumen.

It was the direct predecessor of the Continental Cup, which was played two seasons later.

The sequence must have after finitely many steps and since the next element depends only on its direct predecessor also etc.

This entity is one of the two direct predecessors in the firm known today as Jones Vargas.

Chariot racing is the direct predecessor of today's harness racing.

Chalmers ceased to exist in 1923, however it is a direct predecessor to modern-day Chrysler.

The direct predecessors of the Times-Call were founded at the end of 19th century.

It is the direct predecessor to jMax.

Sennet was the direct predecessor of London Student.

Horace's direct predecessor as writer of satires was Lucilius.

A. anamensis shares many traits with Australopithecus afarensis and may well be its direct predecessor.

Wings and Edge were direct predecessors to Google Earth.