1.   Hence the extraordinary public puffery that preceded the visits of Roberto Alagna, Marcelo Alvarez and, most recently, Jose Cura.

2.   His aides are already discussing a visit to Wall Street that could precede a visit to the White House.

3.   The visit here was preceded by a storm of pressure on Fox from political forces in Mexico and abroad.

4.   His visit will be preceded by that of Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, expected in China next week.

5.   The visit was preceded by the first ever meeting of the Pakistan-Malaysia Joint Commission.

6.   But Hashimoto responded that such a visit should be preceded by a visit to Japan by Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, Jiji Press said.

7.   The Jordanian-Saudi visit was preceded by the visit to Jordan of a sizable Saudi business delegation.