Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] first sight " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an enchanting and heady experience , and one which could hardly be other than irresistible : a delightful upbringing for the future queen consort of France , but not one which at first sight looks like adequate preparation for the future queen regnant of Scotland . |
| 2 | It is the latter view which at first sight seems to challenge Tormey 's theory , for any ‘ expression ’ by the actor implies a subjective/objective relationship , the inner meanings of which remain hidden from the audience . |
| 3 | FRACTAL geometry is one of those concepts which at first sight invites disbelief but on second thought becomes so natural that one wonders why it has only recently been developed . |
| 4 | However , like many genetically determined characteristics — some of which indeed may be responsible for illness or deviance — such dispositions may not be expressed , or , if they are , expressed in incomplete form , or even revealed in qualities which at first sight seem distant from , even unconnected with , the pathology for which they are otherwise responsible . |
| 5 | Hence the most comprehensive and useful charts often have many irregular comments , asterisks , footnotes , directing arrows and so on , which at first sight detract from the clarity of the presentation . |
| 6 | Climate and economics need to be included because these factors may well determine features which at first sight might be attributed to ethnic or cultural factors . |
| 7 | And certain mechanisms capable of performing some non-trivial computations are incapable of performing others which at first sight might appear to be within their range . |
| 8 | With this in mind , in the following chapter , I begin my account of modern social anthropology by showing what illumination this approach brings to beliefs which at first sight appear to require a great deal of explanation . |
| 9 | With a little ingenuity , passages which at first sight would appear to require much use of the pedals can often be made playable with very little chromatic alteration , or perhaps none at all , by using enharmonic equivalents of certain notes . |
| 10 | Large numbers of villages , however , have very complex plans which at first sight defy description and explanation , both on the ground and on the maps . |
| 11 | The attractive village of Biddestone , for example , which at first sight consists of a village green , church and sixteenth-to seventeenth-century buildings — almost the classic village — can be shown on analysis to consist of two elements , each with a manor and church , between which the green developed . |
| 12 | I choose first names , which at first sight seem to be completely uninteresting , except insofar as one anxiously awaits the frequency counts published in The Times each year to see whether one 's name is still ‘ in ’ . |
| 13 | On the basis of the meanings expressed , all the uses of the to infinitive can be divided into two general types which at first sight might seem to be in direct contradiction with one another . |
| 14 | In many ways , their crazy actions are analogous to the hysteria of young girl pop fans , who on first sight seem to be totally out of control , but can clearly be shown to be engaging in an intentional , conscious and structured activity . |
| 15 | An isolated curate who wanted knowledge found himself living a few yards from a man who at first sight was an explosive popular preacher , but who happened also to be one of the coming academic theologians of England , and an inciter of younger minds . |
| 16 | An historical perspective reveals , in particular , one at first sight rather puzzling and paradoxical feature of the history of democracy . |
| 17 | ‘ Did n't I tell you you 'd fall in love with her at first sight ? ’ |
| 18 | A more fundamental difficulty with the new examination is contained in the very principle that made it at first sight so attractive — its applicability to the full ability range . |
| 19 | Every schoolchild the world over knows the profile of the Taj , and in so far as Safdarjung 's tomb is different , it at first sight looks wrong : its lines look somehow faulty , naggingly incorrect . |
| 20 | Now let us explore what lies behind the contemporary appearance of quite another group of towns : towns which reveal nothing at first sight of their secret , physical history , and which indeed seem to have little or nothing in common as one looks at them and around their streets . |
| 21 | Included in that hundred-day programme was what at first sight seemed substantial changes in his own bailiwick — a clutch of new ministries , of which the Department of Economic Affairs ( DEA ) was the most important . |
| 22 | What at first sight appeared to be limited concessions to the peasantry opened the way for a fundamental revision of Soviet economic policies and structures . |
| 23 | At one end of this seeming arcane map or game-board an enormous plascrystal bowl held thousands of what at first sight appeared to be bloodshot ochreous eyeballs . |
| 24 | Therefore , what at first sight may appear to be a departure from antisemitism can , in fact , be a continuation of this strange and dangerous ideological tradition . |
| 25 | As we shall see later in this essay , however , there is a definite , and what at first sight may appear to be surprising , degree of isomorphism between the two perspectives . |
| 26 | Can it be demonstrated that what at first sight appears to be a paradigm case of indigenous , national forces dispossessing transnational corporations , is in fact a clear illustration of the emergence of the transnational capitalist class in Nigeria ? |
| 27 | This observation may suggest that what at first sight seems a limited survival advantage in the meta-analysis reported by Souquet et al may loom larger to the patients concerned . |