Sentence examples for virtually the first time from inspiring English sources

But this week, for virtually the first time, O'Reilly looks vulnerable.

Virtually his first act was to sprint over the halfway line after Wales had, for virtually the first time in the match, created space out wide.

To rip apart Manchester United at Old Trafford when asked to play as a trequartista for virtually the first time as Sterling did in Liverpool's 3-0 victory at Old Trafford two seasons ago is also no skeleton in the career closet.

In 1869, Braun's son and others had taken pictures of the Sistine ceiling in which that distant and dimly lighted masterpiece was introduced to the world at large for virtually the first time; they even revealed some features that had been invisible before.

In practice, it means that since June, virtually for the first time since the peace deal was signed in 2005, the north has been releasing money for road-building and other development projects in the south.

Depending on what the new assembly decides, a presidential vote could be set for early next year, after which the United Nations would withdraw and leave East Timor to govern itself, virtually for the first time in its history.

"The popularity of Things Fall Apart in my own society can be explained simply," Achebe once said, "because my people are seeing themselves virtually for the first time in the story… this was the first time we were seeing ourselves, as autonomous individuals, rather than half-people, or as Conrad would say, 'rudimentary souls.' We are not rudimentary at all, we are full-fledged souls".

And while reviving the ban may seem like common sense, it's worth remembering that in the real world, there was virtually no ban the first time around.

If Congress fails to staff the FEC in time, the 2008 elections could go virtually unregulated for the first time since the FEC was founded more than 30 years ago.

The Lean philosophy embeds the concept of "fail forward fast", stressing that virtually nothing succeeds fully the first time and rapid experimentation allows for quick identification of failures and problem-solving to get back on track [ 31].

When, at the rehearsal, he arrived at the pan-flute moment in the cadenza for the first time, virtually every member of the orchestra turned his way in surprise.