Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plants lumped together under the umbrella name of herbs do not appear at first glance to be essential to maintain life , but it is now becoming apparent that this concept could be wrong , and that herbs are as necessary as oxygen , though the ingredients they contribute , such as minerals and vitamins , may only be found in minute quantities . |
| 2 | Compared to this little middle-aged lot , we did n't get to first base ! |
| 3 | It was almost as though such an experience gave the initiated a glimpse of a deeper level of reality than the allegedly shallow analysis of contemporary society by those who had not faced at first hand the traumas of modern warfare . |
| 4 | Although data does not appear at first sight to be a resource of the organisation , it certainly is a resource , as data is essential for the organisation to operate effectively . |
| 5 | Usually , the hard currency exchanged by foreign investors to pay wages , salaries and utility and other costs , has a significance in Second and Third World countries that it does not have in First World countries . |
| 6 | This does indeed seem at first sight to demonstrate that some of people 's most vivid , detailed and enduring memories are precisely the memories they have about situations in which they experienced high levels of emotional arousal . |
| 7 | There were twenty minutes of extra time played , in which a kid called Martin came on — he had never played in first grade before — and scored the clinching try for Canberra . |
| 8 | The two ‘ old lags ’ , who have read all about sex , have the most daring conversations about an experience they have never known at first hand . |