Sentence examples for first to start up from inspiring English sources

The violet whistling thrush was among the first to start up, and the hwamei ("beautiful eyebrow"), with white eyestripe and rich territorial song.

But RGGI will be the first to start up: emissions will be capped from January 1st 2009.RGGI's designers hope to avoid some of the flaws that have dogged the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the European Union's ongoing experiment with cap-and-trade.

It takes four seconds to start up the camera mode, six seconds between shots.

The SSD iMac is crazy fast: 15 seconds to start up; 1 second to open a browser; 2 seconds for iPhoto; 2 for Final Cut.

Windows can still take 30 to 60 seconds to start up the first time, but Windows 8 shaved subsequent boots significantly through a little trick.

And MSN Explorer takes 30 seconds to start up after you dial in, but with a cable modem or D.S.L. connection, it's instantly ready to go.

The only real detractor is that the camera can take up to three seconds to start up, which is an eternity when you're trying to capture a spontaneous photo.

It's also annoying that the K5 takes 10 seconds to start up — and that turning it on involves pushing and holding a stiff slider switch on the side.

They take a couple of seconds to start up, compared to 60 seconds with Amazon Web Services or Heroku.

And with digital cameras this can be compounded by the fact that they often take a few seconds to start up before you can shoot.

If the unit takes a few extra seconds to start up or the fan immediately kicks on and runs for a bit, this is normal.