Sentence examples for At first understanding from inspiring English sources

Children and adults alike had difficulty, at first, understanding that the Sept. 11 attack scenes on their screens were not from a movie.

He had problems at first understanding the Greek mathematicians, and later he recalled his early encounter with them: "…I threw away my drawing-board and ruler, and burst out in rage against mathematics, because it tortures so cruelly those who love it and are eager for it".

It seems Mr. Lloyd lost his way — at first understanding the story of Ruben Salazar's life, but then suddenly disappointed that the reasons for his death were not more sensational.

So, this experience at Ford Tractor gave me my first understanding of retail distribution.

Companies can follow the league's lead by first understanding that successful D&A starts at the top.

At first, Mya's understanding of her father's death was appropriately simplistic, filtered through a child's universe.

Boulay, at 24 an international relations major in college and a tax accountant with Arthur Anderson & Co., at first had trouble understanding how the words Soviet and jazz could fit together.

At first she was understanding and accepting, but very swiftly -- as I had left for University -- she turned on me and started spreading lies of our relationship to my high school friends, saying I was horrible to her and disrespected her all the time.

His courtship was hindered, however, by a strong Welsh accent, which Ms. Ryle said she had difficulty understanding at first.

The description of the curriculum in terms of year-by-year growth of understanding at first sight creates a worrying volume of work.

One reason is language: according to Ilya Segalovich, Yandex's chief technology officer, Google "totally ignored language understanding" at first, though "they've now got quite efficient".