Sentence examples for as the first substantial from inspiring English sources

Howard Bloch, in the introduction, as the first substantial collection of fabliaux, in any language, for today's general reader.

The turnaround began in the run-up to Sydney in 2000 as the first substantial proceeds from the lottery began to flow into sport.

He can also be seen in Mike Figgis's experimental "Time Code," and will be spending the next few months in New York filming a role -- as the first substantial romantic interest for Charlotte (Kristin Davis) -- in "Sex and the City" on HBO.

As "the first substantial printed book in the West," the Bible is a product of Gutenberg's development of printing with movable type, "arguably the greatest achievement of the second millennium"  (NYPL Rare Book Division 2009).

White went to work in the Southern District in 1978, as part of the first substantial cohort of female lawyers in its criminal division.

As one of the first substantial articles in a mainstream publication to cast serious doubt on the whole Vietnam adventure, it had an immediate and explosive effect, infuriating both General Westmoreland and President Lyndon B. Johnson and planting seeds of doubt in the public mind.

Indeed, her whole life illustrated this principle, as Gordon's biography — the first substantial study to be published in almost 30 years — reveals.

As such, it is the first substantial restoration of a human sense using a medical intervention, and is a triumph of otology, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering among other fields.

"The Gift" featured the first substantial appearance from Duchovny as Mulder since the season openers "Within" and "Without".

The house is in a neighborhood known as Centennial Hill, which was developed in the late 1870's and was the first substantial black residential neighborhood in Montgomery.

The first substantial battle was reported in early August.