Sentence examples for initial chapter from inspiring English sources

What follows here is the initial chapter of a planned memoir that Mitchell started in the late sixties and early seventies but, as with other writings after 1964, never completed.

This initial chapter serves as an introduction to the fundamental concepts and terms process engineers need to understand.

In the initial chapter Schutz praised Max Weber's views on value-freedom in social science and the autonomy of science vis-à-vis other activities (e.g. politics), and he commended Weber's methodological individualism and ideal-type methodology.

The announcement in April that Zongshen would join the Piaggio venture after 32 months of negotiations brings to an end the sorry initial chapter of the Italian company's first foray into the China market.

Kenneth Lay Kenneth Lay 's refusal to answer questions this morning will close the initial chapter of congressional investigations into the Enron affair, and new legislative proposals are already forming in its wake.

Stearns, Nesse, and David Haig of Harvard University eloquently explain the importance of evolutionary trade-offs in the initial chapter of Evolution in Health and Disease (Stearns and Koella 2007): No trait is perfect.

The initial chapters focus on the highly volatile political conflict between the Federalists and Republicans in the 1790's.

Still, some of the startlingly resonant images Nilsen works up in the initial chapters take on additional meaning later.

"The Sack of Panamá," by Peter Earle, moves at a slower pace, at least in its initial chapters, but offers a more analytical and detailed discussion of the battle.

The initial chapters are full of women in postpartum shock, incredulous that having a baby can so affect their career and change the relationship with their partner; born in the 70s and 80s, they were brought up to expect parity in education and the workplace, only to find that childrearing is still overwhelmingly the mother's task.

(It's hard to imagine a 15-year-old rejecting his mother's boyfriend with the exaggeration: "She still has a tan line where her wedding band used to be". ) Readers who hang on past the claustrophobic initial chapters will be rewarded with a richly realized character.