Example sentences of "[pron] at [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The absence of Neil Lenham ( how many times have I written that , I wonder ? ) handed Keith Greenfield a more regular opportunity to open , one this Brighton beau has grabbed enthusiastically , twice registering 55-overs bests , narrowly missing a Sunday best and forming such a productive partnership with Jamie Hall that Smith found himself at first drop for the initial one-dayers . |
| 2 | It was an enchanting and heady experience , and one which could hardly be other than irresistible : a delightful upbringing for the future queen consort of France , but not one which at first sight looks like adequate preparation for the future queen regnant of Scotland . |
| 3 | It is the latter view which at first sight seems to challenge Tormey 's theory , for any ‘ expression ’ by the actor implies a subjective/objective relationship , the inner meanings of which remain hidden from the audience . |
| 4 | FRACTAL geometry is one of those concepts which at first sight invites disbelief but on second thought becomes so natural that one wonders why it has only recently been developed . |
| 5 | However , like many genetically determined characteristics — some of which indeed may be responsible for illness or deviance — such dispositions may not be expressed , or , if they are , expressed in incomplete form , or even revealed in qualities which at first sight seem distant from , even unconnected with , the pathology for which they are otherwise responsible . |
| 6 | Hence the most comprehensive and useful charts often have many irregular comments , asterisks , footnotes , directing arrows and so on , which at first sight detract from the clarity of the presentation . |
| 7 | Climate and economics need to be included because these factors may well determine features which at first sight might be attributed to ethnic or cultural factors . |
| 8 | And certain mechanisms capable of performing some non-trivial computations are incapable of performing others which at first sight might appear to be within their range . |
| 9 | With this in mind , in the following chapter , I begin my account of modern social anthropology by showing what illumination this approach brings to beliefs which at first sight appear to require a great deal of explanation . |
| 10 | With a little ingenuity , passages which at first sight would appear to require much use of the pedals can often be made playable with very little chromatic alteration , or perhaps none at all , by using enharmonic equivalents of certain notes . |
| 11 | Large numbers of villages , however , have very complex plans which at first sight defy description and explanation , both on the ground and on the maps . |
| 12 | The attractive village of Biddestone , for example , which at first sight consists of a village green , church and sixteenth-to seventeenth-century buildings — almost the classic village — can be shown on analysis to consist of two elements , each with a manor and church , between which the green developed . |
| 13 | I choose first names , which at first sight seem to be completely uninteresting , except insofar as one anxiously awaits the frequency counts published in The Times each year to see whether one 's name is still ‘ in ’ . |
| 14 | On the basis of the meanings expressed , all the uses of the to infinitive can be divided into two general types which at first sight might seem to be in direct contradiction with one another . |
| 15 | His proud boast is that ‘ the same principles which at first lead to scepticism , pursued to a certain point , bring men back to common sense ’ , and that rather than being a purveyor of wild and new paradoxes , he has ‘ unite[d] and place[d] in a clearer light that truth , which was before shared between the vulgar and the philosophers ’ . |
| 16 | The house was indeed of that later time , but in the style and materials which at first glance indicated a greater age . |
| 17 | The Quad X has six separate effects loops , which at first glance may seem a little over the top , but in reality is not such a bad idea . |
| 18 | Automatic crystallisation is not a term of art but covers at least two situations which at first blush appear dissimilar ; one is where the charge is made to crystallise on the happening of an event provided for in the charge without there being any need for a further act by the chargee and the other is where the charge is made to crystallise on the serving of a notice of crystallisation on the company . |
| 19 | Those canny souls that know how often these things fall at the last hurdle can stop holding their breath and relax over Tadpole Technology Plc 's deal to do a Power RISC-based notebook for IBM Corp : IBM has paid £325,000 for 500,000 new Tadpole shares at what is now the bargain issue price of 65p , which at last week 's price of 224 pence gives it an instant paper profit of £795,000 ; it also gets warrants for 2.22m more shares at the same price to take it to 12.9% . |
| 20 | An isolated curate who wanted knowledge found himself living a few yards from a man who at first sight was an explosive popular preacher , but who happened also to be one of the coming academic theologians of England , and an inciter of younger minds . |
| 21 | Flat brush strokes and dragged ones were compared and there was a realization that ‘ … if you isolate any area of paint … you 're looking at a much more complex thing than you at first thought you were ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ I found you at first light this morning , ’ he said , getting up to take her half-empty plate . |
| 23 | An historical perspective reveals , in particular , one at first sight rather puzzling and paradoxical feature of the history of democracy . |
| 24 | For companies seeking to develop an existing export market , or to examine a new one at first hand the IDB organises a series of trade missions to a wide variety of locations including Europe , Scandinavia , the Americas and the Far East . |
| 25 | Kirov had missed him at first glance , understandably , for-the young pilot was clad in a pair of light grey slacks and a faintly-patterned blue sports shirt . |
| 26 | Reveille stirred him at first light , and after one last look at Tommy 's grave he returned to his platoon , to be informed that the Commanding Officer would be addressing the troops at zero nine hundred hours . |
| 27 | ‘ Did n't I tell you you 'd fall in love with her at first sight ? ’ |
| 28 | If the words had chilled her at first hearing it was more because of the cold light they cast on the woman 's most intimate life than for any reference to her own innocence . |
| 29 | ‘ From … from what I gathered from the nurse it was n't as serious as they at first thought . |
| 30 | She unfolded the page of blue paper and focused on the letter instead , hardly understanding it at first reading . |