Example sentences of "they at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But men have had such experiences and done nothing further about them , either because they have decided that there was less to the experience than they at first supposed , or because they could not endure the ethical and spiritual demands which were implied in the unspoken , ineffable moment of divine knowledge . |
| 2 | ‘ From … from what I gathered from the nurse it was n't as serious as they at first thought . |
| 3 | Critics of the firm as a cooperative family have produced a more penetrating assessment of Japanese industrial relations which shows them to be less unique than they at first appear . |
| 4 | It is not clear at present exactly what the rules are in such cases , nor whether the choices of readings are as clear-cut as they at first seem . |
| 5 | Once again , the setting is theatrical , and the perspectives are varied — Act I presents the audience at a play ; Act II shows the characters in the play , and yet even they are not what they at first seem , as Frayn offers both the lines they are delivering and the thoughts they are actually thinking . |
| 6 | Like the people drinking coffee in Mostar 's post-apocalyptic streets , one soon learns to adapt to new circumstances , however terrible they at first seem . |