Sentence examples for first instance in from inspiring English sources

Of course we are not a court of first instance in reviewing these findings.

Wikimedia lost at the first instance in the federal court, especially on standing grounds.

The first instance, in Sri Lanka in September 2011, was fair.

It filed an appeal with the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg.

It is certainly not the first instance in which God inflicts appalling misery on his people.

Microsoft plans to appeal the ruling to the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg.

The contentious marriage is not the first instance in which Ms. Otieno has trampled tradition.

The Clean Air Act entrusts such complex balancing to EPA in the first instance, in combination with state regulators.

The Ali case represents the first instance in which the military decided to use its expanded authority.

An appeal to the court of first instance in Luxembourg is likely to be filed next month.

"We want to hear exactly how they dispute that, in the first instance in terms of written responses.