Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] first sight " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was inside the cradles at first sight terrified me . |
| 2 | If something does not fit our priorities at first sight is there something we can do by way of modification that will allow the priorities to be met ? |
| 3 | You may not recognise these creches at first sight . |
| 4 | It was n't love at first sight when I met Michael [ Williams ] — it was good friends at first sight , though , for nine years . |
| 5 | The signs at first sight seem to be completely different from those of other scripts found in Minoan Crete , and they are often for this reason said to be an import : the disc itself is sometimes explained away as a foreign curiosity . |
| 6 | To be fair , it is almost impossible to recognise augmentations at first sight , for they take many and sundry forms — such as a small escutcheon similar to that of pretence , a chief , a crest , a canton , a chevron , or , in the case of Sir Francis Drake , a complete coat of arms . |