Sentence examples for a first test of from inspiring English sources

In a sense, their return may be a first test of this policy.

It could be a first test of strength between the elected Parliament and military leaders.

His attempt to defuse the current row is a first test of the reforms he promised for his second term.

A first test of the model is provided for flow through regular arrays of cylinders with a stationary interface.

The trial will be a first test of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed by Congress last year after Enron, Worldcom and other big companies fell to fraud.

The versions of this at wider breakpoints are still very basic in terms of styling and represents a first test of the responsive modular grid.

Five Republicans qualified for the ballot in the race for party chairman, a first test of the party's direction after its losses in the November elections.

The new express bus, dubbed Metro Rapid, is a first test of such options; if it proves successful, officials hope to expand it.

As a first test of this theory of engagement, however, negotiations over Obama's stimulus plan cast doubt on how sincere Republicans were about emulating a Johnson-Rayburn model.

This paper presents a first test of the extension of our computer code EXGAS to the generation of detailed mechanisms for the oxidation and combustion of alkenes.

They are girding for a campaign that is viewed as a bellwether of President Obama's sway with voters and a first test of the issues that Republicans hope will revive their party.