Sentence examples for the first passed from inspiring English sources
The bill was not the first passed by the Legislature to enable a retiree from a city job to get his pension While collecting a salary from another city department.
The first, passed by Oliver Cromwell's government in 1651, attempted chiefly to exclude the Dutch from England's carrying trade: goods imported from Africa, Asia, or America could be brought only in English ships, which included colonial vessels, thus giving the English North American merchant marine a substantial stimulus.
This time, a bill offered by Mr. Silver, which was one of the first passed by the Assembly in February, would extend the current law until 2008, and make substantial changes like repealing the high-rent vacancy decontrol provision that allows vacated apartments to be phased out of the program after the rent reaches $2,000 a month.
The first items listed in Pai's report (indeed among the first passed) are the Mobility and Connect America funds, which will disburse hundreds of millions (eventually billions) with the specific goal of establishing high-speed wireless coverage and fixed broadband in underserved areas.
The first, passed in 1793, permitted slave masters to recover their "property" if slaves managed to escape.
A similar test on 22 December also suffered a failure in the second missile, but the first passed only 200 m from its target.
"Is it now?" The seconds pass.
The seconds pass, excruciatingly.
Last May, the General Assembly first passed the arbitration bill.
It is about the first pass".
