Sentence examples for first inviting from inspiring English sources

By first inviting the reader to consider the apparent indubitability of best-case scenarios of sensory deception and then using the dream of sitting by the fire to shatter this certainty, Descartes is appealing to his readers' imagination and previous experience and assuming that they, like him, will have had many such dreams themselves.

In the north, Stephen came to a fresh agreement with Ranulf of Chester, but then in 1146 repeated the ruse he had played on Geoffrey de Mandeville in 1143, first inviting Ranulf to court, before arresting him and threatening to execute him unless he handed over a number of castles, including Lincoln and Coventry.

First inviting reviewers of new drug applications we opened the audiences in 2001 to pharmaceutical industry and academic consultants to industry and FDA, and slides shown at the meetings were posted on the internet to be available at the website of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD go to (http://www.aasld.org/dili/Pages/default.aspx).aspx

Last month, the retired vice admiral who serves as the "convening authority" for military commissions, Bruce MacDonald, issued new rules for defense lawyers without first inviting public comment or consulting the military's chief defense lawyer, Col. Jeffrey Colwell of the Marines.

The Chiefs disregarded his meager statistics and focused on his film and his best time in the 40-yard dash, 4.36 seconds, inviting him to training camp in 2007.

The left-leaning Internet group MoveOn.org sponsored a contest, "Bush in 30 Seconds," inviting people to submit television advertisements about Mr. Bush, with the best to be determined by a vote of visitors to the site.

Parts one and two of his plan proved beyond him, but he gamely persevered with the third, inviting friends to his apartment and bundling them into the fridge, where they played canasta and cleared the salad drawer.

Groves boxed behind his jab in the ninth, inviting DeGale to box on the front foot.