Sentence examples for it was first adopted from inspiring English sources

According to that doctrine, the constitution keeps the meaning it had when it was first adopted.

I think it was first adopted in the Netherlands in 2000.

It was first adopted in America during the Depression, when nearly half the country's 24,000 banks failed.

She was famous for the style when she and Gary were married, but it was first adopted — one more Gary-esque irony — for her movie role as Jeanne d'Arc).

Here's how the Texas Pledge went in 1933, when it was first adopted by the Texas Legislature, nine years before Congress officially adopted that other pledge: Honor the Texas Flag of 1836; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one and indivisible.

When it was first adopted, this law repealed Depression-era laws that were believed to be obsolete.

They will be much more likely to try a new innovation if it is first adopted by the physicians they perceive as highly influential in their field.

Since VZ was first adopted by Sweden, it has grown into a global vision.

Though the requirement to teach strengths and weaknesses of theories was first adopted here two decades ago, teachers have largely ignored it.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was first adopted in 1992.

(When the gun, the M-16, was first adopted by the military, the standard was a 20-round magazine).