Sentence examples for units for the first from inspiring English sources
Legal sales of downloadable songs topped two million units for the first time last week.
The November increase also reflected further gains in auto sales, which rose 13.4 percent in 2012 to top 14 million units for the first time in five years.
IDC, another research firm, noted that Dell's shipments over the quarter improved in the United States, where it climbed above 3.8 million units for the first time since 2011.
In 2009, according to the institute, the number of condominiums on the market in Tokyo went below 40,000 units for the first time since 1992 — though the number is expected to increase this year.
In 1997 Honda passed Mitsubishi Motors Corp. to become the third-leading automaker in Japan, and the following year the company's sales in the United States, buoyed by sporty new models, topped one million units for the first time.
Other data released on Tuesday suggested that the housing market recovery was losing momentum, even though builders started work on new homes at an annual rate of more than one million units for the first time since June 2008.
However, residential construction was strong: housing starts in July were above an annual rate of 2m units for the fourth month in a row.
Media reports have pegged the number of pre-sold G1s at 400,000 to 500,000 units for the fourth quarter.
"It was our best quarter ever for the Apple Watch," Tim Cook said during earnings, "with over 50-percent growth in revenue and units for the fourth quarter in a row and strong double-digit growth in every geographic segment".
Given that a sample has already been selected according to a first (before the frame updates) SRSWOR design, our general aim is to select a minimum number of new units for the second (after the updates) survey while preserving the first-order inclusion probabilities of units in the second SRSWOR design.
Arrington also played with the first-string unit for the first time, replacing Greg Jones in the second quarter.
