Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon you can graduate to using a rope tow to save the considerable effort of sidestepping up the slope , then ski down , stopping in a snow plough at first , then adding simple turns . |
| 2 | Closely targeted preparation material and guidance , directly related to the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry examination at First and Second levels . |
| 3 | The Court of Appeal has the advantage ( if dealing with cases such as these after the trial judge has made the initial decision ; it is difficult to say on the basis of these cases how a trial judge at first instance should approach them . |
| 4 | Cynthia Iliffe shared with the Board a feeling that it could be rather ‘ a hybrid sort of degree course at first ’ , but Pocock and the Board really believed in it , understood that the Crick model of a discipline-based degree had provided it with an academic foundation , but even then ‘ we talked a lot about integration ’ . |
| 5 | The door appears as ordinary dark wood door at first sight , with a pair of brass doorknobs . |
| 6 | The tough rugby player at first put the pain of his acute appendicitis down to the after-effects of his stag night . |
| 7 | Agents are usually appointed for a trial period at first , with extensions to the contract after that . |
| 8 | ‘ The staple diet at first was ‘ shellshock ’ and ‘ marge ’ . |
| 9 | Difficulties , perplexities , pelts , wool , hides , etc. , horrible , but with a certain unbelievable interest ; the American , Jewish , hard , business man at first hand — yes , interesting and disagreeable to me . |
| 10 | Landfill gas at first contains a multitude of volatile trace organic components , but individual components can separate out as the methane migrates . |
| 11 | Carolyn 's mother , Peggy Lloyd from Belmont Avenue , Bromborough , said : ‘ I did n't like the colour scheme at first anyway , I am an Evertonian . |
| 12 | The surrounding catchment area at first contributes little but clear run-off , and the lake water remains oligotrophic for a long period . |
| 13 | Though it takes time and a great deal of adult help at first , young children can take an active role in caring for equipment and tidying it away . |
| 14 | When they arrive there , they may well wonder why they have come , for Leck Fell at first sight appears to have no compelling attractions , certainly no obvious ones . |
| 15 | To conclude on our milk recording results the most intriguing item is our group results graph which shows annual milk yield on one side and average milk yield at first recording on the other . |
| 16 | Some species , such as locusts and aphids , use glycogen and the disaccharide trehalose at first , but then consume fat during prolonged flight . |
| 17 | The PSOE government at first tried to break the pattern by appointing a ‘ professional ’ businessman to the chairmanship in 1983 , and by purging those who had come to RENFE as a result of their political connections with earlier governments ( see Diario 16 , 4 , 5 February 1983 ) ; about twenty people who had held senior posts in the previous UCD administration were on RENFE 's pay roll when the PSOE came to power ( Cinco Días , 2 November 1983 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Local bank Navy commission in the war Pacific executive at First Chicago back to home state at St Louis , rising to President of Merchants and Trappers ( State ) Bank a pillar of the Bogie Club the Board of Civic Progress and the Episcopalian Church … |
| 19 | All punk was was a few inky columns in the music press at first . |
| 20 | As swell waves or wind-driven waves run into shallow water the velocity and wave length both decrease , as also does the wave height at first , but when the ratio of depth to wave length falls below 0.06 the waves increase in height immediately prior to breaking ( Bird , 1968 ) . |
| 21 | Iron founding soon became their main interest , with the railway boom at first providing a rapidly expanding market . |
| 22 | Swindon Town 's disappointing start to the season has taken another turn for the worse with a cup defeat at first division Portsmouth … |
| 23 | I do n't know if he had been lunged before , but he did n't seem to have much idea about it and was wary of the lunge whip at first . |
| 24 | The graph line will at first rise steeply but then start to level off , and one can compute the likely final level and hence the number of dies . |
| 25 | None of the nine patients with an adherent clot at first examination developed major rebleeding . |
| 26 | An organisation capable of attracting international attention , to which people would come as much for the opportunity of discussion with other visitors , as for the opportunity of seeing the Highland problem at first hand . |
| 27 | New forms of conventional weapons stemming from advances in chip-based micro-electronics and in software engineering at first sight appear to make the goal of a less nuclear-dependent posture for the defence of Western Europe strategically feasible and economically affordable . |
| 28 | Glenmuir and Golf Monthly are delighted to present this fantastic opportunity to savour the drama and excitement of the Ryder Cup at first hand . |
| 29 | and election night saw Oxford United attempt to spoil the celebration party at first division champions Newcastle . |
| 30 | The logarithm of the number of men having at least s units of solidity will at first fall linearly with s , then more rapidly as it approaches the fixed upper limit of 1000 papers , beyond which no man has achieved . ’ |