Sentence examples for be a first test from inspiring English sources

Iran may be a first test.

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.

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.

In addition, one important strategic decision for the company, whether to start building a 250-passenger airplane now called the 7E7 Dreamliner, is coming before the board within two weeks and will be a first test of Mr. Stonecipher's commitment to the company's commercial side of the business.

It will be a first test for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who came to power promising to end austerity in January, then accepted the unpopular terms of a third bailout, agreeing to cuts in order to unlock a three-year, 86 billion euros ($92 billion) bailout from Europe — under the threat of a euro zone exit.

The flight will be a second test in a $396 million program by SpaceX to develop the cargo ship.

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

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

Sunday's elections were a first test for Erdogan since he won reelection under a new system of government that gave the presidency expanded powers.

And there was a third test, too after the initial results didn't find an especially banging correlation between hunger and free will, researchers administered the test to a new group of 112 dieters and non-dieters.