We don't want to blaze a trail when we can imitate something that has already been done.

Vichy's antisemitism as codified in the National Revolution was well established, and the first massive roundup of foreign Jews had taken place the previous fall.

The footsteps of the students echoed in the empty hall.

The sufficiency and perfection of Scripture having been been shewed, & likewise the defectibility of that kinde of tradition.