Sentence examples for pursued a first from inspiring English sources

But the Spanish club from a town of just over 51,000 inhabitants were not so accommodating on the pitch as they pursued a first appearance in a European final.

She pursued a first degree in biology and biochemistry at the University of Salamanca, graduating in 2007.

Herein, we pursued a first mechanistic understanding of the kinetics of ligand-controlled Zn release from acid sulphate Thai paddy soils using ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid.

Ms. Rahall also pursued a second strategy.

Instead he pursued a third-parent adoption, which was finalized last year.

So Barbara pursued a second-parent adoption, which she completed earlier this year.

Earlier this month, Zillow successfully pursued a second stock offering, raising $172 million, more than in its I.P.O.

The son of a wealthy Baule chief, Houphouët-Boigny worked as a rural doctor and pursued a second career as a wealthy planter.

(A committee within the association pursued a second objective, in cooperation with Louisa Lee Schuyler and others, and in 1915 became part of the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness).

After he retired from competitive play, he earned a master's degree in business from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, then pursued a second career in finance.

Meanwhile, the legendarily energetic and egotistic Richard Holbrooke, Obama's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, pursued a third strategy, trying to negotiate an end to the Taliban insurgency, that was supported by neither the White House nor the military.