Sentence examples for had initially been part from inspiring English sources

The island of Aruba, which lies to the west of Curaçao and Bonaire, had initially been part of the Netherlands Antilles, but in 1986 it seceded from the federation to become a separate Dutch territory.

The prosecution's case leant heavily on the testimony of an FBI informant, 20-year-old Abdirahman Bashir, who had initially been part of the conspiracy, before agreeing to record his friends as they plotted to leave America.

The Watergate burglaries had initially been assumed to have been part of Operation Sandwedge, and the investigation into both the burglaries and the project led to Caulfield's resignation from his Nixon-appointed position as assistant director of criminal enforcement.

(It had initially been announced as part of the 2013-14 Roundabout season).

Zakir Hussain, who later became a tabla maestro, had initially been considered for the part of the young Prince Salim, but it became the debut role of Jalal Agha, who later performed in the song "Mehbooba Mehbooba" from Sholay (1975).

The 25-year-old had initially been linked with Liverpool as part the Luiz Suarez deal, but instead was signed by Arsene Wenger on a long-term deal.

A deadline had initially been ordered for the southern part of the "Jungle" to be cleared by Tuesday evening but activists appealed to the court to halt the evictions.

For the third time in as many serials the title role was played by a different actor, this time by André Morell; the part had initially been offered to Alec Clunes, but he declined it.

Lag time was calculated only if the case had been reported at the time of or after death (cases that had initially been reported before death, as part of surveillance for influenza-related intensive care unit admissions, were removed from this analysis).

Elementary had initially been commissioned as a 13-part series, but following its US success attracting over 14 million viewers at 10pm on Thursday nights, CBS have decided to extend series one by an additional 9 episodes.

For his part, Mr. Davies said he had initially been nervous about the American version.