Sentence examples for first official remarks from inspiring English sources

Australian scientists have a "duty" to start companies and need to think like entrepreneurs to attract funding, the incoming chief executive of the CSIRO, Dr Larry Marshall, said in his first official remarks.

In what could have been a fresh start for the N.F.L.'s committee on head injuries, its two new co-chairmen, making their first official remarks on concussions before a House Judiciary Committee panel on Monday in Manhattan, were heatedly rebuked by lawmakers for sounding "like the same old N.F.L".

In a first official remark, deputy prime minister Bülent Arinç said the Turkish government would implement the court ruling.

Police in Dubai have already said they are "99% certain" the Mossad was behind Mabhouh's killing, and Miliband's remarks represented the first official endorsement of that view by a western government.

The remarks were the first official statements from Iran and Syria since Secretary of State John Kerry's announcement last week that Washington would provide, for the first time, nonlethal aid directly to Syria's rebels, in addition to $60 million in assistance to Syria's political opposition.

His remarks were the first official reaction to measures imposed by the Arab League on Sunday after weeks of wrangling over a peace plan that stipulates that the government of President Bashar al-Assad end all violence, withdraw its armed forces from civilian areas and allow Arab or other monitors to circulate freely within Syria.

"The rest of the three seconds, we need to find on the straights". The two-time champion's remarks are the first official explanation from McLaren-Honda as to exactly how the pace gap to the front is split between the team's car and engine.

President Nicolas Maduro ended his official remarks on the first anniversary of the death of his predecessor Hugo Chavez with a classic quote from the comandante himself: Chavez vive — Chavez lives.

Although the Administration has made no secret of its intention to use the current request for loan guarantees to pressure Israel to suspend construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories, Baker's remarks were the first official confirmation of Washington's terms.

Mr Romney's remarks came on the first official day of a week-long tour that is to include stops in Israel and Poland.

The Pope's remarks were made in an address in which he gave the first official confirmation that he will make his first apostolic visit to Britain later this year.