Sentence examples for retain the first from inspiring English sources

Chevrotains have four hoofed toes on each foot; deer often retain the first and second phalanges (sections) of their lateral toes; but all bovids have lost the bones of their lateral toes.

In the second half, the orchestra was joined by the pianist Yefim Bronfman in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 that managed to retain the first half's sense of freedom combined with a great deal of polish.

A working assumption, however, is that Mr. Kim's recent bellicose statements and saber-rattling is intended to shore up his power at home and assure the North Korean military that it will retain the first claim on resources — what policy analysts call the "military first" policy.

And retain the first 200 molecules of docking to further cluster analysis.

Then, we perform a Taylor expansion in Equation (7) and retain the first two terms.

Due to the conjugate symmetry of {C[ k]}, we only need to retain the first seven points, which correspond to { k 2 π 13 ; 0 ≤ k ≤ 6 } in normalized frequency.

Jackson was not the Lakers' first choice in any of his three hires, starting with his 1999 arrival when Jerry West, then the general manager, wanted to retain the first-year coach Kurt Rambis, in step with the old Laker family tradition.

The Timberwolves defeated Chicago, 119-95, today to retain the fourth seeding, which would ensure home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

Yesterday, however, the triple Olympic champion turned up at the start of the women's time-trial and massacred the opposition to retain the second of her titles.

The sources were treated with Strang splitting to retain the second-order accuracy of the scheme.

It's been well-publicized that the Lakers 13-377) rethen the first-round draft pick they owe Phoenix if it's still a top-five selection after the lottery.