Sentence examples for was first postponed from inspiring English sources
noun
The person or thing in the first position.
- He was the first to complete the course.
Work on immigration policy was first postponed four years ago, after the Sept. 11 attacks.
But the news conference was first postponed and then canceled without explanation.
Last year's event in Greenwich Village was first postponed and then canceled in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
The plan was first postponed, Rosenholtz, who is one of the twenty-one defendantsaidaid because Tukhachevsky was appointed Soviet delegate to the London coronation.
The event two years ago was first postponed and later cancelled after month-long pro-democracy protests were crushed and at least 35 people died.
Operation Uranus was first postponed from 8 to 17 November, then to 19 November.
Talks on a (long overdue) partnership agreement were first postponed because of Russia's embargo on Polish meat.
The elections were first postponed from 2000 to October 2001 for "technical reasons," then delayed by a lack of money.
As Sweden tried to maintain its neutrality, the prizes were first postponed and then distributed between British, German and American scientists.
He was nominated again for his general theory of relativity, and Mr Friedman gives a fascinating description of the complicated process that led to the prize being first postponed and then awarded in 1921 for Einstein's work on the photoelectric effect.Ultimately, Mr Friedman is sceptical about the Nobel prizes, which provoke frantic international competition.
The auction for Beatport was at first postponed, then suspended, though the company published a statement explaining that it would "continue considering offers".
