• "I know at first hand the governor's commitment to restorative justice, " he said on Twitter.

    BBC: Welsh Secretary David Jones backing North Wales prison

  • Among other matters, it would enable their students to learn about agricultural protectionism at first hand.

    ECONOMIST: French lessons

  • Paul Theroux, a hard-to-please American travel writer, experienced French intractability at first hand on the Orient Express.

    ECONOMIST: For some, France is still on the other side of the earth

  • Perhaps he believes that investors are best protected by those who have seen sharp practice at first hand.

    ECONOMIST: Wall Street

  • Dr Dave Wiley who works for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has seen the consequences at first hand.

    BBC: Whales benefit from action on ocean noise

  • As importantly, though, the artist has to be able to withstand the emotional trauma of seeing violence at first hand.

    ECONOMIST: War artists

  • But last year they made the decision to head to Salt Lake City to watch the Winter Olympics at first hand.

    BBC: Supporters on the sidelines

  • Neighbours had witnessed his tempestuous relationship with Christine Chambers at first hand.

    BBC: David Oakes: Double murderer had 'violent reputation'

  • They will see how evolution works at first hand with practical experience of DNA techniques used in hospitals, forensic services and research laboratories.

    FORBES: There is No Great Stagnation

  • He had, after all, seen at first hand the fate of Alan Milburn, his boss at the Department of Health and a former flatmate.

    ECONOMIST: Bagehot

  • "I saw many parallels between the break-up of Yugoslavia and the fragmentation of Lebanon, and I wanted to compare them at first hand, " he says.

    BBC: Middle East Correspondent Jim Muir

  • Earlier, Mr Black told the BBC news it was the first time they "had experienced homophobia at first hand, despite being aged 56 and 62".

    BBC: Michael Black (l) and John Morgan

  • They talk about situations that they don't know at first hand.

    BBC: Shirley Williams

  • "As I have seen the home-based players at first hand already, the training camp will enable me assess the foreign-based players who are key to my campaign, " Hey said.

    BBC: Germany to fund Liberia tour

  • Once you start work, you can see at first hand all the different jobs and which one takes your fancy, so my advice would be to keep the degree general.

    BBC: Making it big in the movies

  • As head of the Commonwealth Connector, the official insurance exchange set up in Massachusetts, he has seen at first hand how the raucous politics of reform have unfolded in his state.

    ECONOMIST: Health reform

  • During his spell in the English Premier League, which ended at big money Manchester City, he saw at first hand the trend towards clubs using ever more foreign imports to supplement their ranks.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • He is clearly passionate on the subject, but having witnessed Copenhagen at first hand is realistic about the chances of the summit throwing up a full and lasting agreement on fighting climate change.

    BBC: Championing Wales in Copenhagen

  • Professor Petra Wend, principal of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, has seen at first hand the use of the technology in Barga in Italy where they are routinely used on artwork all over the town.

    BBC: Codes to be sewn into Scottish Diaspora tapestry

  • The BBC's royal correspondent Nick Witchell says she saw the abdication crisis at first hand and was fully involved in the Royal Family's efforts to maintain the nation's morale during the Second World War.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Princess Alice dies aged 102

  • Novels and stories always will be put down little by little out of personal feeling and personal beliefs arrived at alone and at first hand over a period of time as time is needed.

    ECONOMIST: Eudora Welty | The

  • Having witnessed Farrell's injury struggles at first hand over the last 12 months, Ford - who left Saracens to take up his role with England - paid tribute to his next-door neighbour's strength of character.

    BBC: SPORT | Rugby Union | English | Pressure on Farrell

  • Like Clement Attlee, he worked after university at Toynbee Hall, a university foundation in London's East End, where he was able to see the wretchedness of the poor at first hand and to be shocked by it.

    ECONOMIST: In Sir William��s shadow

  • With an estimated 20 million fans worldwide, Barber feels there is a duty for a club, that has benefited from the global appeal of the Premier League, to allow international fans to see the team at first hand.

    CNN: Preseason football goes global

  • The Fanon who is likelier to interest today's readers is the doctor who saw at first hand how humiliation and prejudice can affect people on both sides of the colour barrier and who struggled to understand the pathology of ethnic hatred.

    ECONOMIST: The roots of prejudice

  • Starting later this year, we will openly publish for the first time a national register of risks - information that was previously held confidentially within Government - so the British public can see at first hand the challenges we face and the levels of threat we have assessed.

    BBC: In full: Brown security statement

  • "What has been happening is that armchair observers -- who have not been sufficiently interested or committed to investigate the situation for themselves -- have been driving this debate, at the expense of those neutral parties who have taken the trouble to investigate the situation at first hand, " Zayani said in a statement released to CNN.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Hundreds of people have witnessed this incredible spectacle first hand at Haller Park which is open every day to the public.

    NPR: A Hippo and Tortoise Tale

  • This can be experienced first hand at the "Kunst und Nostalgiemarkt", which sells everyday knick-knacks from the old East Germany, and at the DDR museum.

    CNN: Berlin: City overview

  • As it happens, some years back I had a first hand look at some of this northern territory.

    FORBES: Magnetic North: The Canadian (Mining) Miracle

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