Sentence examples for first expressed about from inspiring English sources

To solve this problem, we need to go back to the debate that arose several decades ago when concerns were first expressed about the welfare of animals in the then-new confinement systems of animal production.

Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the atomic agency, first expressed concern about security at Tuwaitha on April 10, the day after Baghdad fell and widespread looting began.

The 10-member New York panel, set up by Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, first expressed concern about the law in November 1988, reporting that it was leading to widespread discrimination.

Over the weekend, an Iraqi tribal sheik acting as an intermediary first expressed optimism about release of the men -- three Indians, three Kenyans and an Egyptian.

"I've had a bill before the federal Parliament to adopt Unesco's clear recommendations since they first expressed concern about the Great Barrier Reef's future.

Schubert gave some refreshingly honest insight into his decision process, explaining that some players had at first expressed doubts about changing the system but that they had, in the end, bought into the idea, too.

Transportation Department officials said the plan to suspend subway service is part of a $700 million, long-term repair project that started a decade ago, when engineers first expressed concerns about the bridge's structural integrity.

A few weeks ago, for example, after voting repeatedly to strike down voting districts drawn for the benefit of minorities, O'Connor broke rank with her conservative colleagues and decided that she could live with a redrawn North Carolina voting district that she had first expressed concern about in 1993.

There are a number of other programs in existence and in development whose capabilities can match those envisioned for this program at far less cost and technological risk". The Senate Intelligence Committee first expressed concern about the program three years ago, and it has voted to block it for the last two years, Congressional officials said.

Mr. Obama first expressed concerns about the cost of the new helicopters shortly after he took office in 2009, when Senator John McCain of Arizona, who had been his Republican opponent in the presidential race, confronted him at a conference on fiscal responsibility.

The current commander of both NATO and American forces, Gen. John Campbell, recently told reporters that he was reviewing US plans for 2015 and beyond, but he first expressed reservations about the plans he was given as early as October during a Pentagon press briefing.