Sentence examples for the first signatory from inspiring English sources
To drum up support, a petition was placed inside the park for visitors to sign over the next year — the first signatory was the Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan, who reportedly will be the spokesman for the cause.
Her trenchant criticisms of Vladimir Putin's autocracy – she was the first signatory of the "Putin Must Go" manifesto last March – was echoing as recently as last Thursday at a conference of reformists in Moscow.
In August, Mr Osborne, who as shadow Chancellor was the first signatory to a 25,000-name petition against the scheme, wrote to a constituent to tell them that he had met Brunner Mond executives to explain his opposition to the plant and that it posed a threat to the "environment and people's quality of life".
Since then, China has continued to increase its stock of nuclear-armed missiles, North Korea has launched rockets that could be armed, while in 2014 Russia became the first signatory of the non-proliferation treaty to openly brandish the threat of nuclear weapon use as a warning in Ukraine.
From the first signatory in late 2014, 140 mayors of cities large and small have signed the Pledge.
As a prime mover in these negotiations, Brazil was the first signatory of the convention, and on December 29 , 1994 the Brazilian Federal Government established the National Programme of Biological Diversity (PRONABIO) [267], [268].
Garibaldi, though staunchly republican, was one of the first signatories.
One of the first signatories to the e-petition on grouse shooting was Bill Oddie, the celebrated bird-watcher and naturalist.
When these sections are quoted, Camilleri responds: "Well, look … I am proud to be one of the first signatories of the manifesto written by the Italian philosopher Norberto Bobbio, when Berlusconi decided to get into politics.
Lou Reed and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello are among the first signatories of Occupy Musicians, a campaign supporting Occupy Wall Street and the worldwide movement against income inequality.
In addition to other political figures who have backed the call, among them the prime minister's former advisor Steve Hilton, and nine former Tory and Labour health secretaries, the first signatories include senior figures from business and employment, faith leaders, culture and arts, sport, the military, civil society, education and medicine.
