Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It all happened so quickly that Shepherd at first gave Miandad out . |
| 2 | Roberts finished with 10 for 123 , and then watched his colleagues make little attempt at first to get the runs . |
| 3 | It is true , these same trivial errors did cause me some anxiety at first , but once I had had time to diagnose them correctly as symptoms of nothing more than a straightforward staff shortage , I have refrained from giving them much thought . |
| 4 | His wife had disapproved of this development at first — he suspected that she had paired off Damien and Clare in her mind — but when it transpired that Mark had been baptized a Catholic , and when he started to go to Mass again , she had become favourably disposed to the idea of their going out together . |
| 5 | The arrangement of the Local Management of Schools is one of the best initiatives of the Conservative Government and it has freed schools from the heavy-handed control of Local Government , and in particular that of Labour controlled Authorities because it 's a step into the unknown for some , with obviously some doubt at first , and many Labour Groups fed on those doubts with lies and threats but nevertheless it was taken up wholeheartedly by many schools . |
| 6 | ‘ The idea was n't greeted with much enthusiasm at first , ’ he says , ‘ But we continued plugging away at the distillers and mounted a back-selling campaign to the airline industry , pointing out what a boon light-weight ‘ Melinar ’ containers would be to them for their in-flight miniatures and duty-free supplies . |
| 7 | Ways of trying to increase your bargaining power include delaying negotiations or confrontation until you are in a stronger position , initiating action in another area which raises the costs to your opponent if he disagrees with your offer , linking the issue under discussion with much wider issues which do not seem of much importance at first sight to your opponent but which may be to his long-term disadvantage but to your long-term advantage which will compensate for your short-term loss . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , they were infatuated with each other at first . |
| 9 | Squadron 's ordered to transfer to the field at Achiet with all speed at first light . ’ |
| 10 | There was little effort at first to study how the ecological balance could shift through time as the result of evolution . |
| 11 | GETTING started : Do n't pay any money at first , no matter what an agency may claim to be offering . |
| 12 | Cathy did not cause me any trouble at first . |
| 13 | Sam West explains how he disliked his own performance at first , but now realises it 's a special film . |