But play was sloppy from the outset, with the teams combining for eight turnovers in the first 6 minutes to set the tone for a clumsy first half.
"I thought Howard in particular in the first half set the tone, " Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said.
The first sequence in the movie is one of its best, and it sets the tone for the first half of the film.
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The 29-year-old said the early advantage in the first set helped set the tone of the encounter.
Because the New Hampshire primary is the first and helps set the tone for the election, it draws worldwide attention.
"The start of the match was pretty important, the first five games set the tone and boosted my confidence, " said Henman afterwards.
Anthony Kim thrashed Sergio Garcia in the first match to set the tone for the day and the home side ended up winning seven of the 12 singles matches.
The Russian set the tone in the first set by breaking serve in the opening game.
The Briton won the first two points of the match on the Tsonga serve and that set the tone for what followed, with Murray making the first breakthrough in game three thanks in part to a beautiful forehand winner, and in part to the Frenchman's first double-fault of the day.
Jonathan Trott's superb direct hit to dismiss Simon Katich in the first over of the match set the tone for a thoroughly clinical performance.
Both coaches were quick to point out that Jameer Nelson didn't play in any of the first three meetings, but he made no difference thanks to another strong night from Williams, who set the tone with 13 points in the first quarter.
It was a very serious tone -- he was setting the tone, taking his first steps as president.
And Maynard Jackson became the first black mayor, and I felt a whole change in the tone of the city.
Djokovic enjoys an impressive record over Troicki, losing just once in their last 13 encounters, and broke his opponent's first service game to set the tone for the match.
The evening s first question What each company had contributed to the other set the tone.
So the wise men have tried to elevate the tone by analysing the euro crisis as three interlocking problems: first, the national debts of member countries, next the bad debts of banks, and last the broader macroeconomic gloom.
The newly partisan tone was evident in the confirmation hearings for Mr. Cuomo's first nominee for the Court of Appeals, Jenny Rivera, who was questioned for hours over two days before being approved on a party-line Judiciary Committee vote.
The tone was set by the very first presidential TV debate: John Kennedy vs Richard Nixon in 1960.
The NYU scientists first trained rats to associate a tone with a mild electric shock.
Matt Stevens's early try set the tone for a one-sided first half, with Lee Mears and Matt Banahan also crossing for a 23-0 Bath lead at the break.
He recalled how when he played it for the first time, at a live show at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, its tone and attack were so right that he felt as if he was levitating.
The first meeting between Mr. Clooney and Ms. Zellweger in a hotel lobby sets the tone for all their dull subsequent matchups -- in a Pullman stateroom, and speakeasy, on a building ledge and motorcycle.
The first TV deal, which the upcoming tournament could affect mightily, is what will set the tone.
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Black Friday was the first day that stores had to implement their holiday shopping programs, giving them an optimistic tone for the season.
That a legislator might call up a senior judge for a chat seems odd, as does the conversation's tone, which was all first names and laughter.
If the Giants hoped that first play would be something of a tone-setter, it really wasn't.
Perhaps it was my first experience as a baseball fan that set the tone.
If two tones, one high and one low, were played about 40 milliseconds apart, the best readers had no trouble telling which tone came first.
But it is early wickets that set the tone in the field and, for the first time in this mini-series, India's opening bowlers hit the spot.
The integration challenge for these companies, except for Google Buzz, is to first do the integration to create the complete collaborative dial tone, then the integration with external applications.
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