Sentence examples for first time that he has interceded from inspiring English sources

But this appears to be the first time that he has interceded directly on behalf of the Shiite majority.

This is not the first time the government has interceded to control the cost of buying a drink in a country where hoisting a few is a celebrated part of life.

The specter of censorship loomed over science last week with news that a federal advisory panel had asked two leading journals to withhold details of experiments out of fear that terrorists could use the information to make deadly flu viruses — the first time the government had interceded this way in biomedical research.

Bill feared it would only serve to create more insurgents, and he second-guessed whether he could have interceded.

Cablevision, Charter, Nielsen, Securus (it does prison calling systems, on which industry's behalf Pai has interceded).

Vatican Says It Interceded (By The New York Times), ROME, Sept. 21 -- The Vatican said today that it had interceded "directly and indirectly" with Iranian authorities on behalf of the Jews convicted of spying for Israel.

Jim Kennedy, Mr. Gore's former press secretary, said this week that he had never heard of Mr. Braswell and was not aware that anyone had interceded on his behalf with Mr. Gore.

But we cannot escape the reality that we have interceded again and again and again, to a pretty remarkable degree.

A State Department spokesman refused to confirm or deny a report that the banker David Rockefeller had interceded with United States officials on behalf of the Shah.

After questioner Carl Quintanilla asked Rubio to respond to criticism that he has missed Senate votes while he pursues higher office, Bush interceded.

Gotoba relented at this appeal from a man he greatly respected (the second time Shunzei had so interceded on Teika's behalf; the first time was in 1185 when Teika had lost his temper and struck a superior – the lesser general Masayuki – with a lamp).