Sentence examples for raised for the first from inspiring English sources

Indeed the question is raised for the first time, sua sponte, by the Court's opinion.

13] as the thorny question of war debts was raised for the first time in the Seventy-Fifth Congress.

On Wednesday, Obama raised for the first time the prospect of new legislation to limit the powers of the NSA.

In 1962, the Confederate battle flag was raised for the first time over the capitol in South Carolina.

So far as appears from the record before us the point was raised for the first time in the specifications of errors in the Circuit Court of Appeals.

Bustillo, by contrast, asks us to require the States to hear Vienna Convention claims raised for the first time in state postconviction proceedings.

Banks' reserve requirements were raised for the eighth time in a year.

31,600 supporters turned up, and €500,000 was raised for the third division club.

On July 1, the monthly minimum wage was raised for the third time this year, to help control inflation.

The overwhelming majority of analysts expected interest rates to be raised for the fifth time this year to 5.75% from 5.25%.

The Alibaba Group did, however, raise for the first time the tantalizing prospect that it might go public later.