Sentence examples for the first rises from inspiring English sources

Bad news for drivers of course, but the latest AA insurance index showed a 2.8% quarter-on-quarter rise in comprehensive rates and a 6.6% increase in third party rates, the first rises for two years.

What's more, the evidence suggests pay rises are translating - on average - into the first rises in real living standards for years, after taking account of inflation, benefits and taxes.

That marked the first rise in output since the third quarter of 2011.

This was the first rise in the dividend for four years.

Consumer price statistics also showed that prices for housing rose 0.1 percent, the first rise since August 2009.

The first rise in the consumption tax helped tip the economy back into recession.

It was the first rise for the Dow after three days of losses.

It is quite plausible that the first rise will come in the middle of next year.

That followed a 1.6 percent gain in October, the first rise in four months.

Will the first rise be the end of this year, or sometime early next year?

Economists are divided on the likely timing of the first rise in US rates.