| The forerunners of today's Thais gradually moved from what is now southern China into the area of the Mekong and Chao Phraya river basins. |
| The picaresque novels of the seventeenth century can count as forerunners as well. |
| Celebrated as early-20th-century European liberals, they were, in fact, collectivists and forerunners of the totalitarian state. |
| And V-weapons were the forerunners of many later developments in weapons and space technology. |
| The Army bought some for issue to the 1st Special Service Force, forerunners of today's Green Berets. |
| Sackbuts are the forerunners of the modern trombone, and dulcians of the modern bassoon. |
