Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] at [adj] sight " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Richards has recently indicated , the Cox survey and the longitudinal study are not as mutually supportive as they seem at first sight . |
| 2 | It can therefore be seen that these inducements are not quite as attractive as they seem at first sight . |
| 3 | This research evidence seems contrary to common sense , but such findings are not as incomprehensible as they look at first sight . |
| 4 | Given the fact that much of the property in the western half of the country was sub-let to under-tenants at rack rents , it is doubtful whether regional differences were as pronounced as they appear at first sight . |
| 5 | Once the field-worker was categorized as conforming to their typification of a ‘ good ’ Catholic ( the meaning of which we will outline elsewhere ) , then her religion was no longer as important as it appears at first sight , although the extent to which it had a residual effect is impossible to estimate . |
| 6 | But even this is not as extensive as it appears at first sight for , in conducting an investigation on a complaint , the Tribunal must apply ‘ the principles applicable by a court on an application for judicial review ’ . |
| 7 | The interpretation of this measure of consistency is not as straightforward as it seems at first sight . |