Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] first [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The offer would seem at first sight to be an extremely generous one , but those who make it know it can not be accepted . |
| 2 | The intuitions most relevant to a study of meaning would seem at first sight to be intuitions about what things mean . |
| 3 | Cyrix Corp of Richardson , Texas says its 64-bit superscalar competitor to Intel Corp 's Pentium processor is currently in the design stage : it may sound a little optimistic , but the company claims that it will ship in first half of 1994 . |
| 4 | Availability will coincide with first shipment of NT from Microsoft and will be about $500 but pricing will be finalised when the product ships . |
| 5 | After some preparatory work in Napier , they will learn at first hand about how organisations work , relating theory to the aims of their particular community partner organisation and how it achieves those aims . |
| 6 | But the charity stresses that infection can occur on first contact with an infected partner or needle . |