Sentence examples for was first hand from inspiring English sources

So, most of the knowledge I gained was first hand.

Pakistani sources said the tape was first handed to a Pakistani journalist.

When the order was first handed down, Mr. Giuliani ridiculed it and promised to appeal.

When the reminder was mailed out proportionally more students mailed in their reflection than when the appeal was first handed out on paper.

Having been on both sides of this grim battle, Heffernan knows how important support systems are first hand.

Hypertrophy of organs is first hand indication of toxicity of chemical or biological substance.

Parent recollections were first hand experiences of care management; couple interviews enhanced discourse due to this double hermeneutic [ 54], as participants shared their mutual care experiences.

She knew it was too late for her husband but she could see what a horrible disease it was first-hand – as well as the toll it took on caregivers like herself.

But that would be a fairy tale, one which assumes that all politicians and businesses were waiting for was first-hand evidence, and that, if the evidence appeared — if they opened their windows and remarked on the unseasonably warm weather — they would have quickly acted.

He had lived in Memphis, and his understanding of the music that had inspired them was first-hand, unlike that of the swottish English blues fans who could only wait for records to come from America, using them as the measure by which to pronounce judgement upon the Stones' musical authenticity.

That accusation was second-hand and several analysts said it was unlikely to be true.