Seen in this light, the expedition is more than simply a failed operation; it was a necessary prelude to final victory.

Such a treaty ought to be a necessary prelude to the issue of a licence to marry.

As a necessary prelude, the rules for a referendum must be established in order that the outcome is accepted, either way.

"He saw literature as a means by which people might be helped to know themselves and their society as a necessary prelude to reform".

And he emphasized that the economic community was the necessary prelude to any hope for a political union of the republics.

Analysis is always a necessary prelude to resistance, and in the following discussion I will not attempt to separate them.

Wakes were traditional, a necessary prelude to a proper burial, especially among the older folks.

Alienation, we are reminded by both shows, is often the necessary prelude to invention.

A face-to-face contact is often a necessary prelude to rendering health care.