Sentence examples for supposedly the first from inspiring English sources

In 1912, the world heard of Roald Amundsen's expedition to the Pole (supposedly the first), but the facts of the earlier trip have remained secret until now.

He (well, his spirit) married 90-year-old Hyun Shil Kang, supposedly the first person to join his ministry in the early 1950s.

The White House vegetable garden was supposedly the first of its kind since Eleanor Roosevelt's in 1943, The Washington Post's Dan Zak reported in April.

His estate agent father was persuaded to put in the town's name because he was supposedly the first baby born there.

A woman at a nearby table overheard and asked for an "Arnold Palmer" for herself, supposedly the first step to rocketing the beverage to prominence.

These fixations are writ large here with the morbid sexuality of Saint Sebastian Guido Renii's version was supposedly the first image Mishima masturbated to).

The problem is that none has both the party connections to get selected and the popular appeal to win the presidency.One contender is Ivic Pasalic, Mr Tudjman's adviser on internal affairs and supposedly the second-most-powerful man in Croatia, thanks to his control over the intelligence services.

Nearly 20 years later, with middle-aged men or their mirror neurons now attempting it, the chest bump is clearly an establishment gesture, although not nearly as establishment as the high-five, which now has support for its own national day in the United States (supposedly the third Thursday in April, but perhaps better placed on April Fools' Day).

Supposedly, the second year of a presidential term is particularly likely to be weak.

Also worth visiting in the city is the Teatro Massimo, supposedly the third-largest 19th-century opera house in Europe Piazzaa Verdi, Palermo; tours £6).

On 26 December 2002, Brigitte Boisselier, a Raëlian Bishop and CEO of a biotechnology company called Clonaid announced the birth of baby Eve, supposedly the first-ever human clone.