He was able to continue in the work of his predecessor.

She had gone far beyond the work of her predecessors.

He will be paid £500,000 a year, the company said, now about $720,000, and more than 40 percent above the level of his predecessor.

This new church was over three times the size of its predecessor.

Now the young man could better understand the behavior of his predecessor on that cold night, half a year ago.

But this is only possible thanks to the work of his predecessors.

But which of his predecessors had ever found himself in a situation like this one?

That's more than can be said for many of her predecessors.

Some of her predecessors would go even further than that.

It seems that he was a son of his predecessor.