Sentence examples for instigated the first from inspiring English sources

He instigated the first canon law degree, which he took himself, at Cardiff.

Joy Rosendale, a sex-addiction therapist specialising in partner work, instigated the first one in the UK back in 2005, following her own experiences.

Armed "black shirts" allied to the reds appear to have instigated the first deadly clashes on April 10th and to have joined ensuing battles against the army.

In 1994, Boris Yeltsin instigated the First Chechen War — what the head of his security council predicted would be a "small victorious war" to retake the region.

Hogarth was a printmaker of the people, whose work was so popular that to protect it from imitators he instigated the first engraving copyright act of 1735.

Mirror editor Piers Morgan has instigated the first major shake-up of the paper's newsdesk since he took over as editor four years ago.

When China banned the drug, the British tried to smuggle it in, eventually instigating the First and Second Opium Wars, which resulted in the British acquisition of Hong Kong, for 99 years, until 1997.

Mr. Ruto is suspected of instigating the first wave of killings, and Mr. Kenyatta of organizing reprisals.

They come from the estate of the Southern California collector Linda Riddell Hoffman, who "was instrumental in instigating the first meeting of national snuff bottle collectors in 1968," the catalog notes.

They accused him of instigating the first act of violence – violence that then spread nationwide – and charged him with eight counts of violent disorder, burglary and robbery.

Sterling stole possession on the right to instigate the first of the two blows in that period, finding Philippe Coutinho whose clipped ball behind the unresponsive figure of Alcaraz sent Sturridge in to score comfortably, left footed.