Sentence examples for law the first from inspiring English sources

KNOW THE LAW The first consideration is the legal risk.

In 2003 he signed into law the first big entitlement in years, the prescription-drug benefit.

Cardinal Law, the first United States bishop to step down in the scandal, that began in Boston and spread nationwide.

On Thursday, Gov. Christine Gregoire signed that bill into law, the first of its kind in the country.

Gov. Lincoln Chafee is expected to sign into law the first "Homeless Bill of Rights" in the United States.

At the White House today, President Bush called the new tax law "the first major achievement of a new era".

He describes adultery as the second most serious crime under Islamic law, the first being insulting Allah.

But enforcement of the law – the first real attempt at anti-doping legislation in France – was negligible at best.

But this is Germany, where, by law, the first duty of the state broadcaster is to educate its audience.

President Dmitri A. Medvedev has signed into law the first steps intended to restrict abortion in Russia since the collapse of Communism.

The federal government had argued that the law, the first in Latin America allowing same-sex couples to marry, violates a constitutional clause protecting the family.