Sentence examples for marking the first stage from inspiring English sources

Pitchers and catchers have begun migrating south for the start of Spring Training, marking the first stage in the annual rebirth of baseball.

By Thomas Denby February 21 , 2012Pitchers and catchers have begun migrating south for the start of Spring Training, marking the first stage in the annual rebirth of baseball.

Gordon's film marks the first stage and then, after the Olympics, our book will follow.

Today's announcement marks the first stage in a long journey for all four artists.

The arbiter's guidance marks the first stage in agreeing a contract price for the second period of Tube Lines PPPP contract.

But what you might not know is that it has also marked the first stage in a campaign to impose global trade sanctions.

The indictments mark the first stage of a continuing investigation into the scheme, which exploited a Russian love of dark-meat chicken, one of America's largest exports to that country, said Robert M. Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney.

Reid's dumping of Feinstein's assault weapons ban marks the first stage in the epic political struggle over guns prompted by the Newtown school tragedy in December, in which 20 children and six teachers were killed.

The new tunnel marks the first stage of the ambitious Crossrail project, a £15 billion ($24 billion) new railway line.When it is finished in 2018 Crossrail will stretch across London, connecting the south-west suburbs in Berkshire with Essex in the east.

Rather, early counterurbanization marks the first stage on the long road to a post-productivist countryside, in which countryside becomes detached from agriculture, there is socio-economic convergence between town and country, and the 'rural' increasingly becomes defined by landscape and identity rather than economic function.

"This marks the first stage in the UK becoming a sovereign and independent country once again.