In so boldly declaring himself an individual who made choices only on his behalf, Thomas neglected the very first and basic rule of sports: It's a team game.
My quibble is minor, and comes on the very first page of rules.
On Thursday last week Lord Justice Moses and his colleague Mr Justice Sullivan, sitting in the Queen's bench division of the high court, handed down a judgment of the very first importance to the rule of law in England and Wales.
Nine million U.S. users are so fed up with their carriers that they want to switch the very first day the new rules take effect, according to a survey by telecom consultancy TMNG.
Nine million users are so fed up with their carriers that they want to switch the very first day of the new rules, according to a survey by telecom consultancy TMNG.
As a measure of his ambition, Xi, by contrast, announced a watchword for his rule in his very first days in office, and it is one that the state media has never departed from.
In the very first palace examination held under Qing rule in 1646, candidates, most of whom were northern Chinese, were asked how the Manchus and Han Chinese could be made to work together for a common purpose.
She remembered how, at her very first appointment, he'd wanted to rule out Munchausen's syndrome, a serious psychological disorder in which a patient pretends to be sick or injured to get attention.
You can see it from the very first day, the impact of the rules and restrictions, the fear and the discipline.
