Example sentences of "at first [num] " in BNC.
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1 | At first two of his sons , Emanuel , who died 22 August 1614 , with Daniel Hechstetter ( as the English descendants called themselves ) , and then Daniel with Emanuel 's son Joseph continued , more modestly and successfully , to operate the works and mines until about 1634 , when they went bankrupt . |
2 | Fleury again rolled away , tugging at first one dagger , then the other . |
3 | More recently , we have learned how to use electromagnetic fields to give particles energies of at first millions and then thousands of millions of electron volts . |
4 | The remainder — Va'aiga Tuigamala and Walter Little in the backs , Paul Henderson and Graham Purvis in the pack — have largely been back-up strength in recent times , although Little was busily occupied at first five-eighths in four of the tests this season . |
5 | Some became voluntary aided , preserving a considerable measure of autonomy , receiving full support for all their annual running costs and a generous subsidy ( at first 50 per cent , but in later decades rising to 80 per cent ) towards the capital costs of building . |
6 | I see , I mean it 's good to see really that er test match has been dom well almost dominated at the moment , by , by a slow bowler , it 's an ideal situation for in England , batsmen done their job , England are in command , got lots of runs to play with , but it 's definitely the left arm spinner who 's causing the , the greatest problem out there , he 's , he 's landing it in the right place , he likes variation in that over , confident enough looks very tempted , always very difficult to come in at first twenty minutes as a batsman , when you 've come in on a turning wicket , a very , very , difficult . |