Sentence examples for As the first instance from inspiring English sources

ABC cast the interview as the first instance of a C.I.A. officer publicly confirming the use of waterboarding.

He was sentenced by a military court to three years in prison, to the huge dismay of the blogosphere which regarded this incident as the first instance of free speech violation in post-revolution Egypt.

The 1993 movie "Father Hood" may not have been great, but it is distinguished in Berry's résumé as the first instance of a film role she won that had not been specifically designed for a black actress.

The lessons will be valuable to any organisation concerned about disaster recovery.Estonia, which regained independence in 1991 after being occupied by the Soviet Union, was the target of what many regard as the first instance of cyber-warfare.

Her work was included in a group show at Peggy Guggenheim's gallery, Art of This Century, in 1944, where it was seen and admired by both Pollock and Clement Greenberg, who later cited it as the first instance of "all-over" painting he had seen.

Looking back on it in later life, she suggested it as the first instance of what became a lifelong obsession: "works of two forms related to each other in a kind of tender relationship … searching for this kind of emotional impact of the two together".

As one participant explained: "Men get their signals about manhood as boys at the first instance of crying".

Differences arising between the parties under the Armistice Agreement should always, in our opinion, be handled as fully as possible in the first instance by the Mixed Armistice machinery.

As in the first instance, he started running behind a jogger and grabbed her from behind.

I was thinking of the plant bleeding heart (dicentra), but it's interesting you point to that: in another poem, I talk about a hummingbird probing "the bleeding heart's heart," so, clearly, the name bears its own symbolic violence and vulnerability, even if you think of it as in the first instance a plant name.

As in the first instance, he hit the winning runs, a straight-driven six, after India had lost six wickets and threatened to collapse in pursuit of a modest 122 for victory.