Sentence examples for terms the first from inspiring English sources

Free adults face military induction for eight-year terms, the first six without home leave.

In layman's terms: the first day in almost every new place usually stinks.

IN ECONOMIC terms, the first few years of the 21st century have been a roaring success.

In political terms, the first demand relates to dismantling the authoritarian regime and installing democracy in Egypt.

Or in layman's terms, the first bone of your thumb should be level with the horizontal crease below your buttocks.

He served two five-year terms, the first of which was marked by the collapse in 1995 of Barings Bank, done in by a rogue trader.

In modern terms, the first of these states that genes are transferred as separate and distinct units from one generation to the next.

Putting exports and inventories aside, the final sales of goods and services produced domestically dipped at a 0.4percentt annual rate in inflation-adjusted terms, the first such decline since the end of 1991.

In policy terms, the first year of the Abbott government followed a script that has been played out many times, by governments of both parties, since its first run under the Hawke government in 1983.

There were some encouraging signs in Wednesday's economic reports: Data showed fourth quarter household consumption rose by 0.3 percent in quarter-on-quarter terms, the first rise since 2007.

The administrators of the Facebook group explained their support for Obama in specific terms -- the first piece of legislation introduced by the then-freshman senator from Illinois, they schooled me, was a bill that increases the maximum Pell Grant by 25percentto to $5,100, for low-income students.