1, A local team are playing as a curtain raiser to the game between England and Italy.

2, This leading part is likely to be the curtain raiser of her opera career.

3, For Americans Pearl Harbor was the curtain raiser for World War II.

4, Since it's acting as a curtain raiser to new styles.

5, For it was as the curtain raiser for society debutantes that Almack's was famous.

6, The torch relay is the curtain raiser for the Olympic games and is a very simple issue.

7, The stadium at the Jiangwan Sports Centre in Yangpu District has a capacity of up to 30,(http:///curtain raiser.html) 000 spectators and it's hoped two local university teams will participate in a curtain raiser to the match.

8, China seems to feel unusually bold before the Summer Olympics, seen here as a curtain raiser for the nation's ascent to pre-eminence in the world.

9, NEW YORK (Reuters) - Renren's successful IPO could be the curtain raiser for what is to come if the world's No. 1 social networking site, Facebook, goes public next year.

10, Only on Thursday, Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann ruled his captain out of the World Cup curtain raiser - with the key midfielder struggling with a calf complaint.