Sentence examples for the first time half from inspiring English sources

I'd met him for the first time half an hour before.

This year, for the first time, half of the 450 seats in the State Duma were decided by proportional distribution and half by individual races.

For the first time, half of the 34 appointed ministers are women, and only four of the new ministers have served in government before.

For the first time, half of all adults in the United States said they used a social networking site, according to a survey released on Friday by the Pew Research Center.

PARK CITY, Utah – In a year in which, for the first time, half of the dramatic competition entries at Sundance are by women, a new study finds that the festival continue to be a proving ground and safe haven for women in movies.

Late last year came a significant but little-noticed announcement: probably for the first time, half of all Hispanic children in America were born out of wedlock.The Latino family is not in such a dire state as the black family, where 71% of children are born to single mothers.

But more importantly, for the first time, roughly half of Internet-using young adults 18-299) in the U.S. use Instagram, and half of them (49%) do daily.

The Red Sox lead the Yankees for the first time, by half a game.

For the first time in half a century, cities are in vogue.

For the first time in half a century, Sweden faces early elections.

For the first time in half a century the majority has second-guessed Congress's exercise of its commerce power.