Sentence examples similar to informed first hand from inspiring English sources

United Nations officials in Freetown could not be reached for comment, although a duty officer at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Edoardo Bellando, said he had been informed "third hand" that United Nations troops had been present when "police fired in the air to disperse a mob of thieves who were throwing rocks".

It added: "Where once they were part of a vast team of journalists delivering informed, first-hand comment from every last facet of city life, today our hapless duo struggle to do much more than pass on received opinion and rehash press releases".

In the past, China was informed first".

While the value placed on the expertise from former medical tourists by those engaging in decision-making around pursuing care abroad should not be discounted given their first-hand knowledge of what to expect from particular hospitals or surgeons, the conspicuous absence of a neutral, yet informed, third party informing the decision-making process must be noted.

"First, to inform, second to entertain," he said.

Some will surely reject it, but should perhaps reflect that elements of it are informed by Lammy's personal history and long-standing, first hand knowledge of the people of Tottenham.

How are first hand accounts of the eruption used by the press to inform its readers and viewers of what it was like to witness an eruption?

Informed by extensive first-hand experience with the oil and gas industry and suffering from the impacts of fracking, we implore you with the greatest sincerity to protect the health and safety of the people of Illinois and swiftly enact a moratorium on fracking.

I witnessed it first hand.

I learn that first hand.

A classic? First hand or second hand?