Sentence examples for certain for the first from inspiring English sources

One thing is certain: for the first time since 1996, when Grindstone won the Derby, Louis Quatorze won the Preakness and Editor's Note won the Belmont, three horses will hold a victory in the spring's classic races.

Now, alone in early January at the North Pole, he was certain for the first time that he must be Santa E. Claus, & wrote letters to everyone under the midnight sun: St. John of the Cross.

His immediate future is certain for the first time in a long time, so Jay Payton decided to tinker with his hitting approach in spring training by implementing a leg kick as he prepared to swing the bat.

Before Tuesday's quarterfinals began, one thing was certain: for the first time since the 2011 Australian Open, the women's semifinals at a major would be without at least one of the top three players: Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka or Maria Sharapova Instead, No. 15 Bartoli will play No. 20 Flipkens, and No. 23 Lisicki will play No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska, last year's runner-up.

One thing is certain: For the first time in history, a gaming platform is transforming marginal users into a new kind of celebrity.

The U.S. Supreme Court opens its new term on Monday in uncharted territory, with an vacancy on the bench on a presidential Election Day now certain for the first time since Abraham Lincoln won re-election in 1864 at the height of the Civil War.

LA CRESCENTA — A deciding fifth game appeared all but certain for the second time this season between the Crescenta Valley High and Burbank boys' volleyball teams.

Now that it's impossible to divine a woman-of-a-certain-age's age for certain; when, for the first time in history, girls and their mothers flaunt the same hair colors, the same hemlines, the same kitten heels, there lingers one last divide between generations, one way to distinguish among females, between youth and youthful -- you've guessed it.

I think there's definitely something about knowing the basics of an instrument, like the drums, where you discover a certain beat for the first time.

The Department of Homeland Security raised its colour-coded threat warning to red, for certain flights, for the first time since its inception.This was the first plot to be thwarted in Britain since the government decided last month that it too would make public the threat assessment of its Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre.

But it would be perfect for a sport like tennis or for a 5- or 10-kilometer race or for team sports like soccer or football, and it might give endurance athletes in longer events a boost by letting them beat the heat, to a certain extent, for the first 50 minutes or so.