The phrase "appreciation the first" is not correct in English and does not convey a clear meaning.
It seems to be an incomplete thought or a misphrasing, and it cannot be used effectively in written English without additional context.
Example: "In appreciation the first of many contributions, we celebrate your efforts."
Alternatives: "first appreciation" or "initial gratitude".
Anyone with an ounce of decency should be tempted to ban animal-abuse videos, but anyone with an appreciation for the First Amendment understands why we cannot.
But now, hanging up one of his many hats and enjoying the appreciation of the first gathering of British Olympic sports since their Rio success, Lord Coe is on surer ground.
I do not agree that "anyone with an appreciation for the First Amendment" must conclude that "crush videos" or videos of vicious dogfights are protected speech and that the federal law in question should therefore be struck down.
It is to repeat the last five minutes of Martin Luther King's keynote address at the March on Washington without an appreciation for the first 12 minutes.
According to the Denver Post, Walsh says he has received an "outpouring of thanks and appreciation" for the first wave of dispensary closures.
In 1810 E.T.A. Hoffmann in Berlin produced an appreciation of the Fifth Symphony, which undoubtedly did much to launch that work on its triumphant career throughout the world and, above all, to interest the Romantics in its composer.
And even some of the best shows of the year battled the weight of excessive appreciation: HOMELAND The second season of this Showtime series was gripping even though it faced the double burden of stretching a triple-agent story line beyond plausibility and of satisfying a vociferous fan base scrutinizing every pivot and pregnant pause.
Appreciation in the fourth quarter of 2004 was 4.62%, or an annualized rate of 18.48%.
With the growing appreciation in the twentieth century that asteroidal impacts are also a danger, search programs have been devised in the hope of discovering a specific hazard at least decades, and probably centuries or more, before impact.
Public Law 111-24 does not enhance public appreciation for the Second Amendment; it is a liability to it.
