Sentence examples for first congratulatory from inspiring English sources

I would guess that one of the first congratulatory texts he received was from Tiger. 6.

When David A. Paterson became governor last March, one of his first congratulatory calls came from a seemingly unlikely well-wisher: former Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato.

For about 30 minutes last week, between a first, congratulatory call from Mr. Gore call and a second call that took it back, Mr. Bush was essentially the president-elect.

ONE of the first congratulatory calls received by Robert Dudley (pictured), following today's announcement that he will take over as BP chief from Tony Hayward in October, came from Mikhail Fridman, a Russian oligarch and the key shareholder in TNK-BP, BP's joint venture in Russia.

His wife, Giuliana, is the granddaughter and the cousin of former Udinese presidents and keeps such a close eye on football that, when Watford's promotion to the Premier League was secured, she made the first congratulatory phone call, narrowly pipping Sir Elton John.

One of the first congratulatory messages President Obama received on his reelection was from Prime Minister Netanyahu, an act more cynical than sincere.

No doubt to a man who achieved a "congratulatory" first at Oxford and published his first novel at the age of 23, two A-levels and retirement from the educational process at the age of 18 is a bit of a come-down.

And as concession and acceptance speeches were held, the first of the congratulatory telegrams went out to the winner.

Despite getting a congratulatory first in her undergraduate degree, her doctoral thesis was failed on a whim, thus ending any chances of an academic career there.

After the rare distinction of a congratulatory first at Oxford, followed by a prize fellowship at All Souls', Professor Williams was dogged throughout his teaching career at London, Cambridge (where he was provost of King's College), Berkeley and Oxford again by the saying that he had been the cleverest undergraduate at Oxford, and still was.The donnish barb was understandable, but quite wrong.

After taking a congratulatory First, Williams was elected to a Prize Fellowship at All Souls in 1951.