Example sentences of "as it [vb mod] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not as much of a gamble as it may appear at first sight , there are general principles of how to cope with the system , some of which can be built into automatic safeguards and some of which can be conveyed to the operator as knowledge and instructions . |
| 2 | The role of management is not as simple as it may appear at first glance . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This conclusion is not so unsatisfactory as it might appear at first sight . |
| 5 | The establishment of such a correlation is not as easy as it might seem at first , because lead is only one ( and probably not one of the more important ) influences on the behaviour and intelligence of children , so that the correlation would at best be low , and hence require a large number of cases to be established at an acceptable level of statistical significance . |
| 6 | This was not quite as outrageous as it might seem at first . |
| 7 | This is not as heretical a suggestion as it might seem at first sight . |
| 8 | Implausible as it might seem at first , there is now good evidence that nitric oxide ( NO ) is an important endogenous dioactive substance . |