Example sentences of "than [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The signing was unorthodox , many of the gestures modified and difficult to read ; there was no fingerspelling at all other than of first letters of names . |
| 2 | However , since they are often used on surfaces which are already highly contaminated , the need may be less than at first thought . |
| 3 | Passats , BMWs , dormer windows , back extensions , wooden garden sheds , all meant something more than at first appeared — white wooden railings , gold nameplates on doors , stained-glass windows in bathrooms , net curtains , numbered dustbins , unnumbered dustbins , sash windows , plate-glass windows , windows with double glazing , windows without double glazing , walls painted white , all of this was part of a body of myth as strange and mysterious as the Epic of Gilgamesh . |
| 4 | As the rival armies became entrenched in the battlefields of France , the realization dawned that hostilities would last a lot longer than at first thought . |
| 5 | We handled more than 6000 toads in the first year and immediately realised that the population was larger than at first envisaged . |
| 6 | The fourth principle is that ‘ personal data held for any purpose or purposes shall be adequate , relevant and not excessive in relation to that purpose or those purposes ’ — and there is more to this than at first meets the eye . |
| 7 | The tunnel has proved incomparably more expensive than at first imagined . |
| 8 | A temporary repair was made and they flew on to Karachi , where the damage was found to be worse than at first suspected , as the fastenings had pulled out of one of the fuselage verticals . |
| 9 | ‘ They recommended it to the Department of Employment but were told that things had been tightened up because of a Bulgarian footballer who was signed by Ipswich Town and then found to have less international caps than at first thought . |
| 10 | The political spin-offs from crusading are therefore more difficult to calculate than at first glance they might appear . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , there is some indication that this decline may be less marked than at first appears due to the nomenclature of the diseases involved . |
| 12 | Given that the tax system is much less progressive in real terms than at first sight , what affect do welfare benefits have on the redistribution of income ? |
| 13 | WILLIAMS : I am sorry I have incurred your displeasure and the more as I have been told by Lady Jones that you had a more honourable view than at first was apprehended . |
| 14 | The discrepancy between men and women is greater at higher degree level than at first degree level . |
| 15 | On assuming office V. P. Singh 's new government discovered that the budget and current-account deficits were worse than at first thought . |
| 16 | The amounts of aid forthcoming from some member countries of the support group also proved less than at first anticipated . |
| 17 | As a counterweight to this strengthening of relationships at the CNAA-institutions level the move to weaken the role of subject boards was reversed and the proposals adopted provided for greater integration of the boards than at first suggested . |
| 18 | New studies show that targetting normal genes using viral and other systems to enter cells ( from marrow , the lung and gut , liver and skin ) may be easier than at first thought , and that DNA will function more or less normally once it gets into the cell . |
| 19 | Damage to wildlife was far less than at first feared thanks to the rare combination of fierce wind and waves , the fact that the light crude was released slowly and heavy rain . |
| 20 | From this it follows that far more transactions could well be caught under the section than at first appears . |
| 21 | The making of the assessment of damages in the light of all facts known at the date of the trial enables the court to take into account , if it be the case , the fact that the consequences of the plaintiff 's injuries were more serious than at first thought ; the fact that the expenses to which the plaintiff would be put in consequence of his injuries were higher than was first thought ; the fact that the plaintiff has died ; or the fact that the plaintiff has , since the accident , volunteered to be made redundant . |
| 22 | Jim Heslop of Borderway market in Carlisle believes the general situation will be steadier than at first thought . |