Example sentences of "[conj] was [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The critical dimensions of the transformational effort were starting with a vision that was at first unclear or at least insufficiently communicated , focusing too much on cost reduction and not enough on developing a new state , trying to function without adequate transition-management structures , and consciously intervening in the matrix-management issues until they became acute . |
| 2 | While girls are at higher risk than boys , increasingly research is suggesting more boys experience sexual abuse than was at first thought . |
| 3 | The model for southeast England has been refined and developed and one reason for its modification has been the time allocated to mid-Tertiary earth movements as it was appreciated that these ‘ outer ripples of the Alpine storm ’ may have continued for longer than was at first envisaged . |
| 4 | The brother and sister had a lot more in common than was at first apparent . |
| 5 | ‘ However , what upsets me is that I have heard unconfirmed rumours that some of the riders were threatening to pull out if I were put in the third row of the grid as was at first planned . |