Still, that is well above what the company initially sought.

That was well below the $84 million the authority initially sought.

The defense initially sought to split the defendants into two groups.

The administration had initially sought $25 million for the program, up from $21.5 million.

Con Edison had initially sought a 3.6 percent rate increase.

Mission Control now hopes to obtain about half of the information that was initially sought.

In the absence of an agreement, diplomats here initially sought to paper over their differences.

Federal prosecutors were initially seeking a payment of more than $100 million, the lawyers said.

Several speakers were advocates of one side or another rather than the medical and social experts the board had initially sought to hear.

It initially sought to raise 10,000 to make a film about the goldfields.