Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He concludes : ‘ So although at first it is also natural for civilized people to condemn out of hand what I had just witnessed as disgraceful heathen bestiality , they , too , if they were honest might come to feel it was at least partly redeemed by the genuine religious conviction on which it is based . ’ |
| 2 | The amounts of aid forthcoming from some member countries of the support group also proved less than at first anticipated . |
| 3 | As the rival armies became entrenched in the battlefields of France , the realization dawned that hostilities would last a lot longer than at first thought . |
| 4 | It is better to train with such a person in a first rate department even if at first sight the research project is not quite what you wish to study . |
| 5 | Do n't refuse any writing work that comes your way , even though at first it might not seem to coincide with what you want to write . |
| 6 | We also saw how closely related these two stitch formations really are , even though at first sight this may not appear to be true . |
| 7 | But I have made her promise to teach me to cook a little even though at first she said she would n't think of it . ’ |
| 8 | She had decided on making her career in industrial nursing after leaving general nursing , even though at first she had had reservations and wondered if she had made the right move . |
| 9 | As the viscosity increases , the lava flows more slowly and smoothly , not as boisterously as at first . |