Sentence examples for approaches the first from inspiring English sources

TEHRAN — As Iran approaches the first anniversary of a contested presidential election that touched off a deep political crisis, opposition supporters remain under intense pressure, with student leaders receiving long prison terms and a prominent opposition politician and a filmmaker being attacked.

As the country approaches the first anniversary of the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" on Sept. 20, politicians and others who warned of disastrous consequences if gay people were allowed to serve openly in the military are looking pretty foolish.

He approaches the first adult passerby he sees ('Passerby') and asks for directions.

Three individual strain excursions, marked with Arabic numerals 1, 2, and 3, are visible on the curve before the stress approaches the first peak.

Lackey asks us to imagine someone arriving at the train station in Chicago who, wishing to obtain directions to the Sears Tower, approaches the first adult passer-by she sees.

However, while Redknapp has brought an injection of hope to QPR, Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill remains in search of a solution to the stagnation that has set in at the Stadium of Light as he approaches the first anniversary of his appointment.

As a consequence of this relationship, as the elasticity of substitution approaches zero, the quantity produced under the optimal restrictive contract approaches the first-best quantity, while the distortion in the capital-effort ratio goes to zero.

The survivor function starts at 10 times the Km with a hazard of 0.33 as compared with the first-order hazard of 2. As the amount left in the body approaches zero, the hazard for the mixed-order process approaches the first-order value (after time unit 5).

They approached the first part of the assignment eagerly.

As Cerreti watched the G.P.S. screen, the dot approached the first checkpoint, then sailed through.

But when he came out of the elevator he approached the first white coat he saw.