Sentence examples for was practically the first from inspiring English sources

So the DJ was practically the first person to meet him, in the hospital room, talking about show music".

Generally, it is hard to resist this Pat Nixon; it is not so surprising that, according to the Times, Tricia Nixon Cox was "practically the first person on her feet during the standing ovation" the night she saw it.

The decade was practically the third character onstage.

The statistics are practically the first thing out of her mouth at every meeting: 40percentt of Teach for America alumni are still teaching and an additional 20percentt remain in education.

When the Times asked, "What is the main difference between you and Theresa May?," her children and her "huge" family were practically the first things that Leadsom mentioned, after a passing reference to her knowledge of the economy and her "optimism".

Larger than Machu Picchu and far less known, Choquequirao still makes you feel as though you're practically the first to arrive.

— Bethpage State Park is practically the second home of the Bethpage High School golf team, whose members hang out there close to year-round.

Of course, now that I live in Los Angeles where English is practically the second language behind Spanish, I am, "muy no satisfecha" about my inability back then to have processed the Spanish.

Since the total amount of external work sustained by the quadriceps was practically the same for the first and the second 5 repetitions, the significantly higher energy cost per unit of work during the second 5 repetitions implies a reduction in mechanical efficiency, expressed as work carried out per ATP production, in the final part of exercise.

Malaquais was practically the incarnation of the twentieth-century dangling man.

Post-second world war, Hollywood was practically the propaganda arm of the space race.