Example sentences of "[vb pp] at first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment it is the ultimate loser who pays the costs even if he or she happens to have won at first instance and in the Court of Appeal . |
| 2 | The entire German Army attacked at first light on 28 August . |
| 3 | And , as is often the case in the media , literary texts have the habit of not turning out to mean what might be expected at first sight . |
| 4 | I 'm not saying the defence was crap , just not as good as it might have looked at first glance . |
| 5 | Third party claims were considered at first instance and in the Court of Appeal . |
| 6 | Yet in all save one of the cases decided at first instance , the court has held that the surety covenant does not touch and concern the land … |
| 7 | ‘ I have seen at first hand her effect on people young and old . |
| 8 | When you 've lived around men like that for as long as I have , when you 've seen at first hand what they 're capable of , then you can come here and tell me how to handle my affairs . |
| 9 | The shape of this 30ft by 45ft design seemed to make it appear wider and not all features could be seen at first glance . |
| 10 | The two ‘ old lags ’ , who have read all about sex , have the most daring conversations about an experience they have never known at first hand . |
| 11 | The door appears to have been entered at first floor level . |
| 12 | The reason that Schrödinger 's and Heisenberg 's versions of quantum mechanics had seemed at first sight different from each other ( see p. 14 ) was that they had chosen to use contrasting extreme possibilities . |
| 13 | He quickly realised that , tactically , the situation at Verdun was not quite as desperate as it had seemed at first sight . |
| 14 | Leave was refused at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , though a few months later a Practice Direction ( [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 226 ) was issued indicating the collective view of the judges that solicitors should be permitted to appear in the High Court or Court of Appeal in formal or unopposed proceedings . |
| 15 | Here in Brighton not so long ago , she and members of her Cabinet experienced at first hand all the skills , courage and dedication of my colleagues . |
| 16 | Shelby did n't like Ferrari ; like plenty of others before and after , he had experienced at first hand Enzo Ferrari 's withering contempt for lesser mortals . |
| 17 | In a letter of 1867 to a friend on the death of the latter 's brother he writes : " You have experienced at first hand … why our Schopenhauer exalts suffering and sorrow as a glorious fate , as the deuteros pious [ second way ] to the negation of the will … , |
| 18 | Half the chapters are written by people involved at first hand with the initiatives that they discuss . |
| 19 | Tank had what appeared at first sight to be good credentials , having designed the Focke Wulf 190 aircraft which had given Germany air superiority for eighteen months during the Second World War . |
| 20 | This is important because it is directly relevant to understanding the mechanism of a type of eruption not yet observed at first hand by any human being , but one that would make the Mt Pelee eruption pale into insignificance if an example were to occur today . |
| 21 | If the litigant was not assisted at first instance , or before one of the appellate tribunals , a full application for a legal aid certificate must be made . |
| 22 | A warrant may be issued at first instance if the court is satisfied by evidence on oath that a summons is unlikely to secure the attendance of a reluctant witness ( MCA 1980 , s97(2) ) . |
| 23 | So the newcomer need not be totally submerged at first contact with CAD systems suppliers . |
| 24 | Most of the shots in this collection , however , were taken at first light including those of which Nigel is most proud : ‘ If I have to choose a favourite it would be the photograph of Bryce Canyon in Utah . |
| 25 | Most of the shots in this collection , however , were taken at first light including those of which Nigel is most proud : ‘ If I have to choose a favourite it would be the photograph of Bryce Canyon in Utah . |
| 26 | Primary sources provide data gathered at first hand ; that is to say , they are original sets of data produced by the people who collected them . |
| 27 | Both Peking and East Berlin have witnessed at first hand just how dangerous the forces unleashed by Mikhail Gorbachev can be . |
| 28 | Courses leading to masters ' degrees are normally designed to fulfil one of the following objectives : to follow directly from the study undertaken at first degree level ; to enable graduates of one discipline to acquire knowledge of another related discipline or subject area ; to develop and apply the student 's first degree knowledge in a related specialized area ; or to relate and synthesize a number of disciplines which the student may not have studied at first degree level . |
| 29 | A two storey building linked by a bridge to the main building , and which incorporated the Library was substantially modified to provide a Modern Languages Suite situated at First Floor Level , with additional Classrooms and Offices , located on the Ground Floor . |
| 30 | Mrs Bottomley said that in her South-West Surrey constituency she had heard at first hand many stories of personal anguish , crisis and despair in the last hard year . |