The argument the children had with their mother was an overture to the coming tragedy.

Second Lord I hear there is an overture of peace.

And that purpose was an overture to war.

There was an overture and songs for Acts 1 and 4, 19 movements in total.

There is speculation it might be an overture by the Saudis to the other members of the cartel."

Missing are an overture and third act.

"And what is an overture," he asked, "except an arrangement of themes drawn from the opera it precedes?"

I don't think it's pure coincidence that Variation No. 16 is an Overture.

I could not but believe that this was an overture of friendship, and so I similarly stroked one of his arms.

This was an overture to Liverpool's being the European Capital of Culture 2008.

Without it the overture wouldn't be an overture, and the whole programme would be quite different".

'Mary from the Dairy' was an overture to the danger that (Max) might go too far.

Portsmouth Point is an overture for orchestra by the English composer William Walton.

The sound of coins clanging into the bin might strike a sour note with racing's purists, but for Delaware Park, it is an overture.

When the Mir space station was launched on Feb. 20, 1986, its name, which means "peace," was an overture of sorts in a still-suspicious time.

Aotearoa is an overture composed by Douglas Lilburn.

Among his compositions were an overture, From the Plains; a string quartet and some other pieces of chamber music, and some songs.

Bizet's first orchestral piece was an overture written in 1855 in the manner of Rossini's Guillaume Tell.

Aotearoa is an overture written for orchestra by New Zealand composer Douglas Lilburn in the year 1940.

The newest item was an overture, called "Celebration," by Lukas Foss, another old Tanglewoodian.

The overture acts in the same manner as "The Day Begins", which is an overture to the songs of Days of Future Passed.

The Land of the Mountain and the Flood is an overture for orchestra, composed by Hamish MacCunn in 1887.

I Grasped It at Once' He said it was an overture from Mr. Gandhi in July 1986 that opened the way to the current agreement.

Polyeucte is an overture composed by Paul Dukas in 1891 for the tragedy of the same name by Pierre Corneille.

Arum, who admitted to being surprised by it, thinks it may be an overture by King to involve him in the closed-circuit and pay-per-view operations of a future Tyson-Spinks match.

Still, they seemed not to be moved by the new overtures.

Earlier the Administration had made overtures to a number of others.

Any overture would have to come from the other side.

The new president immediately began overtures to end the war.

The officials did not say how they had learned of the overture.

We believe it is still too early to make overtures to these two countries.

A second overture was written in 1822 for the same play.

He had thought for a long time that the overture was his.

The night before the first performance he still had not written the overture.

I was not certain as to how her approach, and overture, might be received.

It has never become popular, although the overture is sometimes played.

The overture had begun, but people were still coming in.

The Soviet science team made some overtures, but we decided to support you.

No, he was not about to make any overtures in that direction.

I tried to think of something to make things better, but she shook off my overtures.

A spotlight went on at the wrong moment during the overture.

What does Israel have to lose by making such an overture?

To me, the most exciting moment was when the overture started.

And in 1853, he composed an overture for the set.

When she was twelve a young man began making overtures to her.

While doing it, the idea had come to him to join a rather long overture to them.

He made no overtures of friendship, but that was natural.

She knew nothing of men, and his overtures disturbed her.

It was not clear how the overture played among the voters.

But he had first to respond to the overtures of the dog.