At first,the Mormons were ruled only by the laws of their church and by their leader.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

At first, she was concerned only with finding a way to keep control of The Washington Post until her sons were old enough to supervise it.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

At first,President McKinley wanted Spain to give up only Luzon, the main island.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Her behavior seems only a little strange at first.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

At first,she worked only a few hours each week.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

"These are only their first Olympics." "And being at home, I don't know how they stood the pressure, because I certainly couldn't.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

So we're only looking at a snapshot of that very first moment in time.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

She both loved and respected Horne, who was the first African American to land a major Hollywood contract, at a time when blacks were cast only in subservient roles.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

and went on to sell more than 100,000 copies of the song at a time when there were only about That song is regarded as the first-ever country music hit, and Loudon Wainwright performs it under the title "The Deal" on his Grammy-nominated CD.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

Patrick,who is also an activemember of the community. "But at first when they saw us celebrating only Passover and they were saying, 'Oh,this is not a good type of religion for you to belong.' So when we got to know about Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur,Hanukkah, maybe lighting the candles and the Feast of Esther, which is Purim, and the fasting day, we were really happy,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.26