Sentence examples for first tackling from inspiring English sources

First, tackling the volume of regulation, which is stifling innovation, investment and productivity.

The president also advocated first tackling the borders issue and questions of security, such as the demilitarisation of a future Palestinian state, while leaving the hitherto intractable issues of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees until later.

Environmentalists and proponents of greater restrictions on offshore oil drilling questioned, for instance, Mr. Obama's decision to expand offshore oil drilling — announced in March — before first tackling the close relationships between government and industry at the agency.

He cites "a series of steps", first tackling the deficit, then introducing pro-business measures such as extra funding for apprenticeships, banking reform and the green investment bank, details of which are due in May.

The report's author, Lynne Friedli, warns that governments need to sit up and take notice, and that policy-makers need to "face up to the fact" that marked improvements in mental health and wellbeing will depend on first tackling the gap between rich and poor.

Returning to Anan in 1989, Nakamura started his gallium nitride work by first tackling the problem of formation.

first tackled gay rights in 1936, defending Lillian Hellman's "Children's Hour".

It first tackled internal costs, said Sandra Fenwick, the chief operating officer of Children's.

Another top Senate aide said it was obvious what issues the new majority would first tackle.

The foam insulation problem was first tackled in the early 1990's by yet another NASA team.

Congress first tackled the backlog in 2004 when the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program took effect.