American Snuff Company's ancestral roots predate the formation of the United States.

The roots of Hungarian infiltration of the Army predate Mr. Conrad.

As they see it, the roots of altruistic behavior far predate Homo sapiens, and that is why it seems to flow forth so readily once tapped.

Although its roots predate the year 1900, its actual birth is commonly attributed to the 20th century.

Iranian religions are ancient religions whose roots predate the Islamization of Greater Iran.

The report finds that the roots of the disintegration predate the failure of the Camp David peace conference last summer.

Forgot to say that the roots of all this predate Shameron.

The roots of this conflict predate both the paleocons or the neocons.

While rap's roots long predate this spectacularly popular single and emanate from places removed from Englewood, "Rapper's Delight" was an entire generation's introduction to rap music.

The roots of that malaise predate Sept. 11.