Sentence examples for first hand because from inspiring English sources

I know this first hand because I've met and mentored several social entrepreneurs through D-Lab and Legatum Center, and participated as a judge at IDEAS Challenge.

However, it is impossible to measure the mechanical parameters of the fibers and the matrixes of bamboo at first hand because they cannot be separated from bamboo without damage.

Gerri Chester can tell you about it first hand, because she has spent her entire 55-year career as a lab technician in the Krieger School's Department of Biology.

To be honest, I understand this first hand because I have struggled with that too!

I know this first hand because I had the honor and privilege to assist her in writing her autobiography Life is Not a Stage several years ago.

I have seen the challenges faced by a woman first hand because she never got a chance to get any education.

I don't want to win on the seventh hand because I get lucky.

When I was 17, I used to buy second hand because I couldn't afford new clothes – it was a real education in the importance of textile and style.

And: "Can you explain to your friend why you think Kevin is right?" He rarely called on the first hand up, because that would let the other students off the hook.

I learned this first-hand because I failed at teaching.

"There are also jump or center seconds hands because the Chinese had a preference for having the seconds hand at the center rather than at 6 o'clock; and the enameled decorations on the back are very colorful and lively".