Example sentences of "[adv] at first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the prosperous 1980s many individuals found they were able to consider buying a second home in Europe , perhaps at first for holidays but later with retirement in view . |
| 2 | The weather for the Fox F M area : this evening 's going to be dry with clear spells , temperatures are going to fall quickly at first to around four degrees celsius , thirty nine degrees fahrenheit by midnight , however , the light westerly breezes will pick up to moderate later with temperatures rising , so a frost is n't expected tonight . |
| 3 | These long-term priming effects are explained , within the logogen model , by assuming that after threshold has been reached activation dies down rapidly at first over a period of a second or so , but does not quite reach the normal resting level : there follows a long period during which there is very slow decay of residual activation — a period measured in hours or even days . |
| 4 | But after that victorious crossing , no time would have been wasted in building a bridge , possibly at first of boats , in the narrower Rochester section of the river . |
| 5 | This road climbs moderately at first to Marbach , a well regarded unsophisticated winter sports resort with cablecar and skilifts to the Marbachegg sun-terrace ( Timetable No 1500 ) . |
| 6 | Then her hiding-place had begun to move , roughly at first with many jolts , but eventually it began to rock with even undulating movements . |
| 7 | The CIA commented somewhat tentatively at first on Harold Wilson , the prime minister , describing him as very much a loner in British politics . |
| 8 | Well at first of February |
| 9 | Finally the rain came , slowly at first in single drops , then in a sudden burst that pelted the houses like shrapnel . |
| 10 | He retired to live quietly at first at Oatlands Park , maintaining his religious Nonconformity . |