Sentence examples for certainly the earliest from inspiring English sources

That is something of an exaggeration, although they are certainly the earliest in the standard repertory.

Dating from 1607, Orfeo is widely considered to be the first great opera – and certainly the earliest still regularly performed.

The bow was almost certainly the earliest mechanical device to achieve greater speed in a projectile than could be attained by throwing it.

At that time, the dinosaurs were just starting to diversify and the Welsh specimen is almost certainly the earliest Jurassic dinosaur in the world.

Certainly the earliest Warner sound films, the Vitaphone clips from the late 1920's, include a healthy measure of opera singers.

It is possible that Thomas was the senior priest there when it was erected into a collegiate church; Thomas is certainly the earliest known provost, and neither the appointment nor the death of any predecessor are noted anywhere.

Certainly the early dummies reflected that.

Certainly, the early evidence does not look good for the PRI.

"Certainly, the earlier you make the decision, the easier it is to pull it off," she said.

Certainly the early physicists found no place for chance among the causes which they recognized-love, strife, mind, fire, or the like.

That was certainly the early consensus online and on the comments on the Guardian's recap blog, where most viewers seemed certain that the bell tolled for a great idea for an ad, rather than Don finding peace.