During the first part of that decade, Asia - Pacific was growing more rapidly than North America, and in 2010 total volume in that part of the world surpassed North America for the first time. (marketvoice.fia.org)
In development since 2007, and first unveiled at E3 2009, The Last Guardian «s disappearance from the public eye during the first part of the decade lead many to believe the game would never see the light of die. (warpzoned.com)
Despite some early explorations in oil, in the first part of this decade he preferred using watercolour and graphic media in his studies of nature. (britannica.com)