Example sentences of "[adj] and [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Maud Committee interpreted its terms of reference in a specific and at first sight unexpected manner . |
| 2 | Because Boo is locked away , it makes his character very mysterious and at first it 's hard to know if the rumours spread around about Boo only coming out at night to hunt for his dinner , eating squirrels and peering in through people 's windows are true , but gradually as we read more into the book , we are given clues to suggest that he is not the monster , people make him out to be . |
| 3 | Kohlberg 's stages of moral development are usually described as a progression from lower to higher — itself an inbuilt and at first unrecognised value-judgement . |
| 4 | It was on this visit that Dana did something I found surprising and at first puzzling . |
| 5 | The town centre hotels which were suggested were fiendishly expensive and at first I was told nothing else was available . |