Sentence examples for referring first from inspiring English sources

"We're like brothers," Jeter said, referring first to Posada, and then sensing the larger dynamic.

Followers of EPN," he wrote in a tweet, referring, first, to a rival political party, and, second, to President Enrique Peña Nieto.

But not any tote: "Either my PR, or the 100th anniversary of Barney Greengrass," Ms. Stein said, referring first to The Paris Review and then to the charmingly fusty Upper West Side smoked-fish emporium.

He was referring first to the top Bush-era tax rate, which high-income taxpayers now pay, and then to the Clinton-era rate, which they face after Dec. 31 if the Bush tax cuts expire as scheduled.

"The thing that is changing is that the time I had where we had a very strong chief designer — in my case Rory Byrne — you've now got probably one guy left in the paddock — Adrian — who is of that sort," said Brawn, referring first to his designer at the Benetton and Ferrari teams.

He's referring first to the Eclipse, a jazzy, 162hp, four-seat coupe that is being built at the company's plant in Normal, Ill.

It refers, first, to Gloria Steinem, the founder of Ms. magazine.

Indeed, he referred first to the Fed's attention to "price stability" and second to its interest in "sustainable growth".

The title's double meaning refers first to little Riad, and second to the heroic projections of Arab nationalism.

The term "replication" refers first and foremost to copying.

Bounties are paid if a person you referred first takes a job and begins working.