Example sentences of "appears at first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the field-worker was categorized as conforming to their typification of a ‘ good ’ Catholic ( the meaning of which we will outline elsewhere ) , then her religion was no longer as important as it appears at first sight , although the extent to which it had a residual effect is impossible to estimate . |
| 2 | But there was another element in the creation of its unusual nature , one which appears at first sight a source of significant weakness rather than strength . |
| 3 | This is a much more debatable — and debated — point than appears at first sight . |
| 4 | The way of life which Jesus described in the beatitudes appears at first sight to be a contradiction . |
| 5 | But even this is not as extensive as it appears at first sight for , in conducting an investigation on a complaint , the Tribunal must apply ‘ the principles applicable by a court on an application for judicial review ’ . |
| 6 | This order , from which our modern days of the week derive ( e.g. iii French ) , appears at first sight to be devoid of sense , since it does not accord in an obvious way with the order in which ( according to pre-Copernican cosmology ) the ‘ planets ’ were thought to lie in relation to the earth : Saturn , Jupiter , Mars , the sun , Venus , Mercury , the moon . |
| 7 | The distinction does arise and it can not entirely be neglected but it is much less important than appears at first sight . |
| 8 | Thus , as far as the spadefoot is concerned , it is quite possible that what appears at first sight to be a random collection of toads arbitrarily mating with anything and everything is actually an ordered process . |
| 9 | Apprenticeship training is essentially about ensuring standards of workmanship and characteristically it appears at first sight to take an unconscionably long time . |
| 10 | There may prove to be less difference between some modern versions of Christianity and Buddhism and psychoanalysis than appears at first sight . |
| 11 | Such compound instructions may therefore be less useful than appears at first sight . |
| 12 | The evidence from longitudinal surveys of the unemployed appears at first sight to be not wholly consistent . |
| 13 | Those who have worked in the legal civil service report that it is much more interesting than appears at first sight . |
| 14 | So often , a species appears at first glance to be a standard version of one of these ten categories . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ This appears at first glance to be quite a simple scheme , until we come to actually explaining it to the customer . |