The introductory remarks should antecede the presentation to set the context.

The researchers analyzed the antecedencies of the outbreak to identify possible sources.

In discourse analysis, antecedent phrases frequently determine which entities pronouns refer to.

The antecedent phrase raises a musical question that the consequent phrase then answers.

The judge rejected the appeal, explaining that, under the last antecedent rule, the limiting phrase only modified the final item in the statute.