Sentence examples for first officials from inspiring English sources

At first, officials made little use of the tactic.

At first, officials tried to hide that disease.

At first, officials said the case would be treated as attempted murder.

But first, officials say, they are testing the strategy in the interest rate-rigging case.

Suppliers who are willing to accept a discount are likely to be paid first, officials said.

First, officials cracked down on illegal dumping by other states at Bordo Poniente.

First, officials insisted there was no evidence that the cable had been sold to airlines.

At first officials said a collision with a foreign submarine might have caused it to sink.

But he acknowledged that the Americans were not the first officials he had talked to.

At first, officials said they believed that the sensors had been set off by criminals at the border.

The first officials to report at these meetings are the representatives from the army, the navy and the federal police.