Example sentences of "seem at first [noun sg] " 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 | It would seem at first sight feasible to calculate this size in a way which reflected precisely the actual use for each category . |
| 3 | That it should have been modelled on the Temple of Solomon may seem at first sight presumptuous , but it was an age that relished allusion , and Solomon , son of David , was of royal descent , anointed by Zadok the priest , and the king par excellence . |
| 4 | It may seem at first sight that the plot of land , the fief , as it was called , was a reward for service , something granted in exchange for service , which would fall in when the vassal died and be regranted to a new vassal . |
| 5 | However , this limitation is not as serious as it may seem at first sight , since the thoughtful response may well be regarded as an adequate objective . |
| 6 | The intuitions most relevant to a study of meaning would seem at first sight to be intuitions about what things mean . |
| 7 | Innocuous though it may seem at first sight , this can be interpreted ( at least in the written form ) in two ways : either ‘ I dislike him ’ ( the most usual reading ) , or , in suitable contexts , ‘ It 's not true that I like him ’ ( for instance , in I do n't dislike him , but I do n't like him either ) . |
| 8 | This is not as heretical a suggestion as it might seem at first sight . |
| 9 | This might seem at first sight to express the naive view that onomatopoeia and other kinds of sound symbolism constitute essential features of poetry , but Wimsatt 's conception of the iconic function of language embraces a great deal more than this . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It might seem at first sight that this pace was unambiguously beneficial to demand ( being crucial to market growth ) and equally unambiguously detrimental to profitability ( being the only thing preventing a phenomenal profits bonanza ) . |
| 12 | Another consideration is that English can seem at first glance rather different in primary and in secondary schools . |