Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The degree to which publicans ‘ invested ’ for this reason in football is unknown but the pecuniary advantage at first sight seems doubtful . |
| 2 | this decision would be more helpful to sentencers in the Crown Court if the Court had indicated what the proper sentence at first instance would have been . |
| 3 | You may well find that it is scared of this unfamiliar sensation at first . |
| 4 | We therefore performed the analysis on 172 patients : the median age at first intercourse was 17 ( interquartile range 16–19 ) years , and the median number of sexual partners was 4 ( interquartile range 2–10 ) partners . |
| 5 | Thus , in most WFS countries in the Western Hemisphere and East & South-East Asia & Oceania regions , among the women who were aged 25–29 when interviewed , median age at first marriage or union was about 20.2 and 18.8 , respectively , and the median age at first birth ( i.e. the age at which half of them had already had a birth ) was around 21 years ( between 19 and 24 years in individual countries ) . |
| 6 | Thus , in most WFS countries in the Western Hemisphere and East & South-East Asia & Oceania regions , among the women who were aged 25–29 when interviewed , median age at first marriage or union was about 20.2 and 18.8 , respectively , and the median age at first birth ( i.e. the age at which half of them had already had a birth ) was around 21 years ( between 19 and 24 years in individual countries ) . |
| 7 | Among the 39 developing countries that participated in the WFS , there is a strong correlation between the median age at first marriage or union and the median age at first birth among women aged 25–29 years at the time of the survey . |
| 8 | Among the 39 developing countries that participated in the WFS , there is a strong correlation between the median age at first marriage or union and the median age at first birth among women aged 25–29 years at the time of the survey . |
| 9 | Thus , in a group of 15 countries where median age at first marriage was between 15.2 and 18.3 years , the median age at first birth fell in the range of 18.6–19.9 years , irrespective of whether , within that age range women in that country married earlier or later . |
| 10 | Thus , in a group of 15 countries where median age at first marriage was between 15.2 and 18.3 years , the median age at first birth fell in the range of 18.6–19.9 years , irrespective of whether , within that age range women in that country married earlier or later . |
| 11 | On the other hand , from about age seventeen and a half , the higher the median age at first marriage , the higher the median age at first birth , too . |
| 12 | On the other hand , from about age seventeen and a half , the higher the median age at first marriage , the higher the median age at first birth , too . |
| 13 | ( For 19 countries , where median age at first marriage was 17.4 years or more , the slope of the regression line is steeper ; the regression equation is : . |
| 14 | As Fig. 2 shows , the lower the median age at first marriage in a country , the more time elapses until the first birth occurs . |
| 15 | In other words , there is a negative correlation between median age at first marriage and at first birth . |
| 16 | On average , the interval between the median age at first marriage and at first birth is two years . |
| 17 | The relationship between early marriage and later infecundity also stands if the proportion of infecund women is regressed on the median age at first marriage . |
| 18 | The correlation between median age at first marriage and infecundity at ages 20–24 years is negative and as strong as in the case of proportion married at exact age 16 years . |
| 19 | ( See also median age at first marriage ) . |
| 20 | MEDIAN AGE AT FIRST MARRIAGE ( or AT FIRST BIRTH ) — It relates to a central tendency in the age of first marriage ( or first birth ) of women ( or of a specified group of women ) . |
| 21 | Their violent , witty , literate affair at first amused and intrigued their friends at a time when life was grim . |
| 22 | He would make a living as an artist — probably just a commercial artist at first , until his name became known — and she could do , whatever she wanted . |
| 23 | Lewis opposed the idea that Parliament should let the scheme be taken out of its hands and said that the Government would apply for a vote during the session to acquire land for the Foreign Office at first , followed by land for other offices . |
| 24 | Go south descending over rocky terrain at first to reach a track heading south-west along a ridge to reach Craig Llugwy spur ( 678 632 ) . |
| 25 | Lynn Reaser , the chief economist at First Interstate , expects northern and central California to pull out of recession later this year , but southern California to lag behind . |
| 26 | It seemed to be an impossible dream at first because of the distance and the difficulties . |
| 27 | It was now November , and coming home in the blackout caused me a little nervous anxiety at first . |
| 28 | A conventional Victorian naturalist at first , Selous developed an aversion to blood sports and to all forms of scientific collecting involving cruelty to animals — against which , as a self-styled ‘ life-loving naturalist ’ , he campaigned for the rest of his life , earning the enmity of certain important figures in the ornithological establishment of the day . |
| 29 | We left Marciana Marina on the following morning at first light to find a stiff north-westerly directly on our nose . |
| 30 | Between 1971 and 1981 , the average age at first marriage rose from 22.6 to 23.1 ( women ) and 24.6 to 25.4 ( men ) . |