Sentence examples for commenced the first from inspiring English sources

China's military exercise, Shalikashvili said, had just commenced the first of four phases -- strategic missile strike.

In 2006, Arjona commenced the first leg of his world tour, named the Adentro Tour, to promote the album.

In July 2010, after the European "big four" shows, Megadeth and Slayer commenced the first leg of the American Carnage Tour, where Megadeth played Rust in Peace in its entirety, while Slayer performed its album Seasons in the Abyss, both of which were released in 1990.

Once live data collection commenced, the first "top-up" session was held between a research team member and the SDT-based intervention arm HFAs.

Students who commenced the first year of their programme in the academic year 2005-6 were approached in the Autumn term of 2005 to take part in the study.

I COMMENCED the first blind taste test I'd ever dared to conduct by popping the cork on bottle No. 1.

As we commenced the third game, I felt a sudden surge of adrenaline.

With all this input in hand, the Brigade's planning staff commenced the second stage of the process by answering the fourth question, which involved developing possible courses of action (COA) for the commander to consider.

Once all the cards were seen, and placed on respective piles, the moderator commenced the second stage of the process.

Data were collected in three assessment sessions, the first immediately before ABM commenced, the second immediately after the 2 weeks of ABM, and the last 1 month following this.

Overall 13 out of 16 (81%) patients commenced the fourth cycle within 1 week of schedule, and 12 of these completed their cisplatin and etoposide with total delays of no more than 5 days.