Sentence examples for first devised by from inspiring English sources

d. "High concept" marketing -- i.e., a premise that can be succinctly communicated -- was first devised by Steven Spielberg with "Jaws".

That system — based on a complicated scoring method that relied on the processing of reams of data — was first devised by an outside consultant, Ken Strasma.

Bayes's theorem, a statistical method first devised by the English clergyman-scientist Thomas Bayes in 1763, can be used to assess the relative probability of two or more alternative possibilities (e.g., whether a consultand is or is not a carrier).

Glynn Purnell (Purnell's) makes a coconut risotto (from coconut milk) that he serves with lobster pistachio kebabs – a recipe first devised by three-Michelin-starred Le Jardin des Sens in Montpellier.

The idea of a personal carbon allowance was first devised by the environmental writer and former chairman of the Soil Association, David Fleming, in 1996, and was floated again in a speech by Miliband in July of last year.

17 Avenue Franklin-Roosevelt, 75008 (01 43 59 53 43) Laurent One of the high altars of Parisian gastronomy; chef Alain Perouget brilliantly interprets a menu first devised by Joel Robuchon.

An interesting wrinkle of evolutionary theory relevant to gauging our current credibility problem is the phenomenon of "costly signaling," a set of insights first devised and defended by Amotz Zahavi many years ago.

This was first devised about 432 bce by the astronomer Meton of Athens.

During the 1950s, when the O-level and A-level examinations were first devised, they were offered exclusively by universities.

First devised and launched in 2009 by a mysterious figure going under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto, the cyber-currency is set up to be independent of monetary authorities and banks.

In Australia's capital city, Canberra, a familiar flag hangs in the lobby of the Department of Finance: the rainbow banner first devised in the late 70s by the late San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker.