Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her own preference was for retracing Maurice 's route at first light in case he had suffered a breakdown or been involved in an accident . |
| 2 | On Charles Lyell 's side at first there was none of similar stature , though one might mention the great Goethe in Germany who was a keen amateur geologist and liked the gradual peaceful processes preached by the uniformitarians . |
| 3 | Now I could plan excursions to Rome , Florence , Venice and yes , Milan , and study Luini 's work at first hand . |
| 4 | ‘ People thought it was an early April Fool 's joke at first , ’ he said last week . |
| 5 | It may be observed that the linear regression line in Fig. 1 represents only the general tendency of the association between women 's age at first marriage and at first birth . |
| 6 | The woman 's age at first marriage or union and at first birth , the number of children born and order of birth , and the amount of time that elapses between births directly or indirectly impinge upon the viability of young children and the probability of their survival at least beyond five years and have an effect on maternal health and mortality . |
| 7 | The ruling All-People 's Congress at first resisted growing pressure for the introduction of a multiparty system of government , but the party 's central committee in August 1990 decided to set up a commission to review the Constitution . |
| 8 | I held my father 's hand at first and we danced together . |
| 9 | David refused his mother 's invitation at first : ‘ To a dedicated anti-capitalist , as I then was , New York was everything I did n't approve of . |
| 10 | A local drilling operation , which is in negotiations with a number of families in the area , invited Andrew to join a trip to visit the homelands , giving him the chance to see the local population 's lifestyle at first hand . |
| 11 | So it was Biff , brandishing The Gaffer , who strode into the girls ' dormitory at first light . |
| 12 | Spurs coach Ray Clemence , who witnessed Mimms ' suffering at first hand , also comes face-to-face with a ghost from the past at Ewood Park . |
| 13 | We analysed the dose-response relation with adjustment for the patients ' age at first intercourse and lifetime number of sexual partners . |