Example sentences of "looks at first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here is a man who strides about purposefully , hits the ball a long long way , and looks at first sight like a competitor capable of a certain bumptiousness . |
| 2 | His infinite universe , with its infinite worlds , looks at first sight like the apotheosis of free thought — untrammeled by theological constraint . |
| 3 | Set against the background of inflation this rise is less impressive than it looks at first sight . |
| 4 | The argument in favour of plumping looks at first sight convincing enough : in the later stages of the count your own party will stand a chance of benefiting from the transferred lower preferences expressed by supporters of other parties , whilst those parties will not benefit from the transferred lower preferences of your own supporters since they wo n't have expressed any . |
| 5 | Even so , it is possible for a court to interpret a statute as covering what looks at first sight as a casus omissus if it can find or invent some plausible general principle of interpretation , an exercise that may call for a little ingenuity . |
| 6 | The style of the figures is manifestly provincial and need not be so early as it looks at first glance , but it can hardly be after the mid century . |
| 7 | ‘ The scouts say it looks at first glance as if thousands are leaving . |