Sentence examples for a first according from inspiring English sources

Van Gogh's portraits have been analyzed in books, but the current exhibition brings them together for ready comparison, a first, according to Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, a professor of fine art at the University of Toronto who has written six books on van Gogh and was not involved in organizing the exhibition.

A recall by a judge is a first, according to officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSAA), the federal agency charged with overseeing auto recalls.

By 2020, demand is expected to jump by about a third, according to government projections.

The contract will cover three touring and album cycles, with an option for a fourth, according to the announcement.

All but the NHS, overseas aid and schools will be cut by a third, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Credit Suisse and Royal Bank of Scotland, for instance, cut their production by about a third, according to data from Asset-Backed Alert.

Drinking a can of cola a day increases the risk of developing diabetes by a fifth, according to research.

Crucially, of that, only a fraction (probably less than a fifth, according to J.P. Morgan) will be new money.

Wood Warbler and Sedge Warbler populations fell by about a fifth, according to the latest Breeding Bird Survey.

Public spending on farming shrank by roughly a third, according to an analysis of government data by the Center for Policy Alternatives in New Delhi.

Austerity was extended into a second five-year parliament, and as a result of the chancellor's eighth budget, now persists into a third, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.