Sentence examples for officials first from inspiring English sources

Police officials first said he was drunk and fell down.

Officials first noticed a quality-control problem in March.

Documents show that officials first notified employees on Sept. 28.

City officials first announced the race in April.

University officials first said that he was too busy.

When officials first went in, there was virtually no vegetation.

Some officials first estimated it might be about half that.

Iranian officials first announced they would release her after direct intervention from Mr. Ahmadinejad.

When Syria's Internet service disappeared Thursday, government officials first blamed rebel attacks.

Baseball officials first learned of the investigation just days before the postseason.

But architects, engineers and code-enforcement officials first need to learn more about the product.