Sentence examples for the advent of the first from inspiring English sources

Nevertheless, the Ngram's evidence shows that "equality of sacrifice" gained real salience only with the advent of the First World War, seven decades after the term's introduction.

Gradual sclerosis was confirmed by the advent of the first world war, in which the house of Morgan and American finance generally proved dominant.

The issues we covered could be familiar or outlandish: domestic violence and buttock implants, work/life balance and the advent of the first black pantyliner (so you could colour coordinate your sanitary wear).

"The advent of the first shops into this sacred precinct brought amazement and indignation to those who dwelt therein," The New York Times editorialized, but soon "they experienced that comfortable sensation that invariably accompanies successful investments".

It's a moment nearly 40 years removed from the last big paradigm shift, secured by the advent of the first significant band, the Beatles, whom the members of Radiohead seem to talk about all the time.

Not until the 1850s was steelmaking a science, and the advent of the first synthetic polymers – celluloid and vulcanised rubber – around the same time, followed later by Bakelite, ushered in the era of synthetic materials.

The advent of the second new ball as the clouds descended caused considerable havoc – 17 runs and three wickets.

When Adolf Hitler announced this programme, the advent of the Third Empire which he proclaims seemed still at the end of the rainbow.

With the advent of the second world war, men went off to fight and women were needed to work in the factories, building ships and planes.

There was a brief lull before the advent of the second new ball which both Jimmy Anderson and Broad used with aplomb.

Soon after 9/11, Martin Amis wrote a piece for this newspaper, beginning: "It was the advent of the second plane, sharking in low over the Statue of Liberty: that was the defining moment".