Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The retreat was a time for fear at first , and self-scrutiny . |
| 2 | My sister took a bit of stick at first , too , and although she 's two years younger than me and was in a different class , we stuck together at break times and tried to avoid the sneering eyes . |
| 3 | Group II was patients without signs or symptoms of toxoplasmosis at first assessment ( classes A1–A3 , B3 , and C3 ; 2 patients had cryptococcal meningitis , 3 Kaposi 's sarcoma ) but who produced toxoplasma-specific antibodies ( table ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course at first I just thought it was someone from a boat that had been driven in by the weather . |
| 5 | To comprehend all that was involved here , one must experience the full force of tragedy at first hand ; and here Act III of Tristan can be pointed to as a prime specimen of tragic art . |
| 6 | A fountain of blood at first pours from his chest , but soon subsides to become a steady trickle . |
| 7 | Some may have the opportunity of a short-term secondment to industry to observe the world of work at first hand or to reconnoitre a promising field for curriculum in-put . |
| 8 | The data set was then stratified in the analysis by 5 year age groups , sex , calendar year of first diagnosis of case or control event , and district of residence at first diagnosis . |
| 9 | I could n't really blame him , as most horses are suspicious of water at first , especially when they ca n't tell how deep it is . |
| 10 | The elements of family building that are capable of such impact are age of woman at first marriage or union and at birth of each child , parity and family size , and length of inter-birth interval . |
| 11 | With the possible exception of age at first union , these factors are readily susceptible to control and can be moderated . |
| 12 | General situation : Parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland will have a touch of frost at first , but most of England and Wales should be frost free . |
| 13 | Former champion and born-again Christian George Foreman — who has seen the sleazy side of life at first hand — warned after Lewis 's brilliant two-round knockout of Razor Ruddock at Earls Court : ‘ Lennox Lewis will win the world title — as long as he does n't get in with the wrong crowd . ’ |
| 14 | Following the report , although the then Secretary of State at first indicated he would implement its recommendations in full , they were subsequently modified to make them less swingeing . |
| 15 | Table 5.4 summarised carers ' expressed feelings of strain at first interview . |
| 16 | The chemical properties of flint at first seem very unpromising since so much of its chemical make-up is a silicon-oxygen network , and is the same in flint found anywhere . |
| 17 | Other variables examined related to the selection process ( infant 's age , region , and nominated time of day/time of death ) , sociodemography ( occupation , marital status , age mother left school , age of mother ) , pregnancy ( age of mother at first pregnancy , number of previous pregnancies , months pregnant when first attended antenatal clinic , attended antenatal classes ) , and postnatal factors ( infant 's sex , birth weight , gestation , admission to special care baby unit , breast feeding only at discharge from obstetric hospital , maternal smoking in last two weeks , season , infant 's sleeping position , and infant sharing a bed with another person ) . |
| 18 | The elder Pliny was full of curiosity at first , and planned to sail across in his galley for a closer look , but his nephew was not so keen on the idea , and turned down his uncle 's invitation to go along as well , pleading pressure of work . |
| 19 | I 've recorded a lot of stuff with song writers whose work I like , but I 'll probably do a cover version as my first single because , as a TV presented I 'm bound to get a lot of flak at first . ’ |
| 20 | The reason for the different decisions in the two cases was the different finding of fact at first instance . |
| 21 | There are no character notes of any kind in the text , which is written as a complex rhyming scheme that looks like prose at first glance . |
| 22 | He said Unprofor would send bulldozers and six dumper trucks loaded with gravel at first light today to plug the hole and clear the road . |
| 23 | Tense with anger at first , she suddenly burst into scornful laughter . |
| 24 | They replaced their Hawes with Cabinet at first and then thought that was too dodgy as well , as a cabinet is a small , secluded room . |
| 25 | Childlessness increased strongly with age at first marriage , even at ages where fecundity is usually still high . |
| 26 | Are you with us , darling ? ’ she enquired of William , watching with interest as his mind returned , startled , from whatever journey it had been on , the glazed eyes focusing , with puzzlement at first , then dawning recognition . |
| 27 | This relation remained after adjustment for age at first intercourse and lifetime number of sexual partners . |
| 28 | In the economically more advanced countries , however , there does not exist a close relationship between age at first marriage and birth of first child , owing mainly to postponement of first birth through contraceptive use . |
| 29 | The value of the correlation coefficient is high , indicating a very strong relationship between age at first marriage and at first birth . |
| 30 | He would be living in college at first — Emmanuel was his own college — but he would like , he said , to find a place of his own , preferably outside the town . |