The financial interdependence of the world's banks is like the interlocking alliances that predated World War I.
And although Margarita lived in a world that predated Technicolor, she always dreamed of the boy in rich pastels.
Fascination with horses predated every other single thing I knew. Before I was a mother, before I was a writer, before I knew the facts of life, before I was a schoolgirl, before I learned to read, I wanted a horse.
I don't think anything predated Christians.
If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.