Sentence examples for was the first instance from inspiring English sources

The onesie was the first instance of a "look" for watching television.

"And to our knowledge, that was the first instance of a concrete plan".

Sadat's visit to Jerusalem was the first instance where the "textbook history" was interrupted.

It was the first instance of back-to-back losing performances by those indexes since 1994.

Agora said it was the first instance of a court banning an NGO.

Prosecutors said the case was the first instance of a bank's being prosecuted for violating those laws.

It was the first instance of what has become the National Prayer Breakfast, attended annually by every President since.

The judge said this was the first instance of the government's seeking disgorgement under the Sherman antitrust law.

The closing of Imedi was the first instance of a television station affiliated with the News Corporation being publicly accused of fomenting a coup in the developing world.

But this was the first instance since the cleanup began in 1995, they said, that officials had been unable to gauge the magnitude of the problem.

That would mark a return to the negative inflation seen in April, which was the first instance in more than half a century.