Sentence examples for at a first reading from inspiring English sources

That she has erected the wall means, at a first reading, that she does not want to share with others whatever she's got; however, to the extent that by building the wall she lets the others know of her new possession, it means that she may want to share after all.

Numbers which are set in fine print may be omitted at a first reading.

The Laguna Beach Unified School District board approved the cameras on a first reading at its Oct. 8 meeting.

The bill to give Theresa May the power to trigger article 50 is at the committee stage after MPs voted it through at a second reading last week.

Lord Dear, who is leading the opposition to a change in the law, said he also expected the vote to be tight and predicted that even more Lords would oppose it at a third reading.

Even if it gets passed at a second reading, it is relatively easy for just a handful of MPs to block a private member's bill by using delaying tactics.

The prominent backbenchers Douglas Carswell, Michael Fabricant and Zac Goldsmith swung behind the prime minister's surprise initiative, saying the task now was to find a Tory MP to back the bill at the private member's bill ballot on Thursday and then to challenge the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, to support it at a second reading.

Prominent backbenchers Douglas Carswell, Michael Fabricant and Zac Goldsmith swung behind the prime minister's surprise initiative, saying the task now was to find a Tory MP to back the bill at the private member's bill ballot on Thursday and then to challenge Ed Miliband to support it at a second reading.

Farron is a committed Christian and was among nine Lib Dem MPs to abstain at a third reading of the marriage (same-sex couples) bill, a move he attributes to concerns about aspects of the bill relating to "protecting people's right to conscience".

Farron is a committed Christian and was among nine Lib Dem MPs who abstained at a third reading of the marriage (same-sex couples) bill, a move he attributes to concerns about aspects of the bill relating to "protecting people's right to conscience".

The idea will be debated again at a second reading on 4 March.