Sentence examples for earliest instance of the from inspiring English sources
This is the earliest instance of the influence on Botticelli of contemporary Flemish landscape art, which is clearly visible in a number of his landscape settings.
It turns out to hold a fragment identical to the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible and, at nearly 2,000 years old, is the earliest instance of the text.
For cases where there are multiple eruptions of the same magnitude that counts as either the smallest or the largest, the earliest instance of that magnitude is utilized.
Born in 1688, Drummond was an early instance of the tireless urban administrator; the Joseph Chamberlain or Robert Moses of his age.
The opening display includes the famous matelot sweater, backless and sexy on a jaunty male — an early instance of the Gaultier man as sex object.
This is an early instance of the tendency that, several centuries later, caused people to say, "Look in Johnson" or "Look in Webster".
When agricultural cultivation replaced simple gathering, the resulting increase in the supply of food freed some individuals to pursue crafts such as pottery making, textiles, and metallurgy, thus allowing for an early instance of the division of labour.
Cameron's career is an early instance of the cult of the celebrity photographer -- so common today -- in which the photographer's cachet and the fame of the sitter seem as important as the work.
NBC cancelled it after only 19 episodes, citing low Nielsen ratings (and giving rise to an early instance of the sort of viewer protest now common when shows are killed off).
An early instance of the use of gold for depicting light emanating from God is in a representation of Christ-Helios (Christ as the Sun God) in a 3rd-century mausoleum under St. Peter's at Rome.
