Sentence examples for expanded for the first from inspiring English sources

Official statistics released this month showed that GDP expanded for the first time in five years earlier this year.

The domestic economy expanded for the first time in nine months in the second quarter, growing 0.3percentt from the previous three months, the Federal Statistics Office said.

The Angels were born the next year as Major League Baseball expanded for the first time, and this is their first World Series.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said manufacturing in New York State expanded for the first time in seven months.

National poetry day has been expanded for the first time to embrace song lyrics, and the BBC has organised a poll for the nation's favourite, to be announced tomorrow night.

Mr. Fleischer said that under the Bush plan, "the existing standard Medicare benefit package would be expanded for the first time to provide prescription drugs for those who remain in the fee-for-service program.

Manufacturing expanded for the second straight month, largely because of higher consumer demand.

A survey in China on Monday found manufacturing activity in that country expanded for the third consecutive month.

German activity expanded for the fourth successive month; while the French survey suggested the country's services sector scored its first expansion in more than a year.

A survey of purchasing managers in that country found that the manufacturing sector expanded for the fifth straight month in April.

The I.S.M. report said that new orders, a signal of future business, expanded for the fourth straight month, though less quickly than in November.