Sentence examples for first records of from inspiring English sources

The first records of competition date to the late Renaissance in England.

It's well established on Merseyside and elsewhere but these are the first records of its presence in Hampshire, a sign perhaps that it is expanding its range.

This reference and a later account of his scaling of Mt. Pilatus (1555) provide one of the first records of mountain climbing.

While the first records of trulli being built in Puglia date from around the 14th century, their golden age was the 19th century, prompted by the development of vine growing.

The first records of elephants fighting each other as a form of circus entertainment date back to 99 B.C, when both animal and gladiator fights were popular in Rome.

The plant is naturalised widely in and around churchyards: I use the word naturalised here with care, for current consensus has it that the common snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) is not a native of our islands, but is simply an escapee from gardens: the first records of the plant in the wild date from as late as 1778, very late indeed for such well-botanised lands.

That first record of his is epic.

Here is the first recording of Harry Partch's "Delusion of the Fury".

Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic gave the premiere and made the first recording of the work.

Rattle's first recording of The Bells, though, dates from concerts last November.

When he was 22, HMV released his first recording of bhajans.