Sentence examples for first certifying from inspiring English sources

Indeed, the complexity of the product is why consumers cannot take out a reverse mortgage without first certifying that they have received advice from a financial counselor approved by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Pop artist Robert Indiana, best known for his "LOVE" sculptures, in which the letters "L" and a tilted "O" rest above the letters "V" and "E," is being sued by Joao Tovar, a collector from Monaco who says the artist renounced work that Mr. Tovar bought after first certifying it was authentic, according to The Bangor Daily News.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is the accounting firm that first certified and then rejected MicroStrategy's financial statements.

The basis for such sanctions was first certified by Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke in July as part of the legal process.

In 2015, Laureate Education was the first Certified B Corp and the third Benefit Corporation to go public, raising $450 million in its IPO.

C1 Auditor to Pay $51 Million PricewaterhouseCoopers, which first certified the 1999 profit figures of MicroStrategy and then forced it to report losses instead, agreed to settle a shareholder suit stemming from the stock's subsequent collapse.

Since January, the NSA has been permitted to query its phone data troves only after the Fisa court first certifies it possesses reasonable, articulable suspicion of a record's connection to terrorism.

The auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, which first certified the 1999 profit figures of MicroStrategy and then forced the company to report losses instead, has agreed to pay $51 million to settle a shareholder suit stemming from the stock's subsequent collapse.

S.E.C. officials said the investigation was continuing, an apparent indication that charges are still possible against auditors from PricewaterhouseCoopers, who first certified MicroStrategy's books but then concluded that the accounting violated accounting rules and forced the company to restate its earnings.

The company's plants in Hwaseong were first certified as green in 1998, which meant they could bypass regular inspections.

Proposition 71 says the secretary of state must first certify a ballot measure's passage before it becomes law.