Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of these are particularly striking because they occur in circumstances where at first sight one would expect nothing interesting to happen . |
| 2 | See I , mind you whenever I 'm late you see I can get on it for twenty pence except for first thing in morning . |
| 3 | Although at first sight , the great abundance of bogs and freshwater lochs on the Outer Hebrides suggests an abundance of suitable sites for palaeoecological studies , on closer examination several are unsuitable for detailed investigation . |
| 4 | Although at first sight the quotations reproduced above may seem to have said all that needs to be said , it will be worthwhile trying to specify exactly the mechanisms by which associative mediation theory generates the effects that need to be explained . |
| 5 | Although at first sight , therefore , it seems that there was a strong age-related gradient in the overall net income of elderly people , the effect was largely accounted for by the dissolution of married-couple households when husbands died , leaving widows significantly worse off not only than married couples , but also than men living on their own . |
| 6 | Although at first sight the Bull-Leaping Fresco found in the cellars of the Labyrinth 's East Wing seems in its present reconstruction to show , on the left , a bull-leaper waiting to be hoisted into the air , the figure is in fact a bull-grappler and represents a group of two , three or four grapplers whose job it was to pad the horns , keep the bull 's head low and the rest of its body still during the leap . |
| 7 | Although at first sight straightforward , there is a curious element of circularity in this definition . |
| 8 | Although at first sight these three points apply only to overall policy development , in practice they apply at all levels , including individual branch development . |
| 9 | Although at first sight the answers to them seem obvious , they become much more complex and contestable when subjected to closer examination , and they have never been systematically brought together , or the questions definitively resolved . |
| 10 | Although at first sight the Democratic losses in the House appeared to indicate the absence of a presidential " coat-tail " effect — the term used when legislative candidates were swept into office by the momentum of their party 's victorious presidential nominee — this was misleading , as a close comparison between 1992 and past elections was made difficult by considerable changes in the electoral map . |
| 11 | Hence at balance Although at first sight this may appear to be a single balance condition , in order to be satisfied , the real and imaginary parts of the two sides of the equation must be separately equal so that it is in fact a double balance condition as anticipated . |
| 12 | Councillor Begg continued : ‘ Although at first glance , the council tax does not appear to be as complicated as the community charge , it is still a very complex tax compared to the rates . |
| 13 | Given that the tax system is much less progressive in real terms than at first sight , what affect do welfare benefits have on the redistribution of income ? |
| 14 | The discrepancy between men and women is greater at higher degree level than at first degree level . |
| 15 | However , since they are often used on surfaces which are already highly contaminated , the need may be less than at first thought . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ They recommended it to the Department of Employment but were told that things had been tightened up because of a Bulgarian footballer who was signed by Ipswich Town and then found to have less international caps than at first thought . |
| 18 | On assuming office V. P. Singh 's new government discovered that the budget and current-account deficits were worse than at first thought . |
| 19 | New studies show that targetting normal genes using viral and other systems to enter cells ( from marrow , the lung and gut , liver and skin ) may be easier than at first thought , and that DNA will function more or less normally once it gets into the cell . |
| 20 | The making of the assessment of damages in the light of all facts known at the date of the trial enables the court to take into account , if it be the case , the fact that the consequences of the plaintiff 's injuries were more serious than at first thought ; the fact that the expenses to which the plaintiff would be put in consequence of his injuries were higher than was first thought ; the fact that the plaintiff has died ; or the fact that the plaintiff has , since the accident , volunteered to be made redundant . |
| 21 | Jim Heslop of Borderway market in Carlisle believes the general situation will be steadier than at first thought . |
| 22 | The political spin-offs from crusading are therefore more difficult to calculate than at first glance they might appear . |
| 23 | According to Freud , this happens after a period of ‘ anaesthesia ’ , in fact , often not until after first coitus . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | As to Rutland , if at first glance its gentry look significantly less prosperous than similar men in other Midland and southern counties , the impression may well be a by-product of the very completeness of the survey , resulting in virtually everyone answering the description being accounted for , whereas with Suffolk and Sussex in particular the subsidy returns , which provide the sole evidence , highlight gentlemen whose goods exceeded their lands in value , and on which in consequence they were taxed . |
| 26 | An entry in the charges register disclosed that it was subject to restrictive covenants imposed by a deed of 1883 but did not reveal what those covenants were , because on first registration neither the deed nor a copy or abstract of it had been produced . |
| 27 | Whilst at first sight this takes these areas outside the scope of enforceable Community law , it may be wondered how total the exclusion is . |
| 28 | Also , SSAP 24 does not require a pension deficit to be incorporated in the balance sheet , whether on first application of the standard or as a result of subsequent actuarial valuation . |
| 29 | But when on first hearing of this arrangement I tried to inform Miss Kenton of it , she once again refused to converse with me , and in order to accomplish matters as quickly as possible I was actually obliged to write a note and put it under the door of her parlour . |
| 30 | In contrast to Emily , her mother was warm and welcoming , though at first sight she seemed lean and severe . |