Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | He insisted that he should visit the Tiller office so that he could observe at first hand how things were run . |
| 32 | ‘ I 'd been asking why she 'd taken a clerical job when she 'd had an art training and she said it was all she could get at first but after a while she 'd managed to wangle this daytime class . ’ |
| 33 | Her last champion of any standing was now a pinch of potash in the ruins of still-smoking Ankh-Morpork , and there were hardly any pieces that she could promote to first rank . |
| 34 | Although the supply of these assets — and therefore economic activity — may respond at first , eventually the increase in the money stock feeds through to prices . |
| 35 | The difference between the two kinds of training is not as great as would appear at first sight because it turns out that task training has in common with skill training an emphasis on the perceptual side of human functioning . |
| 36 | We 'll put him on his way to-day , and you shall follow at first light . |
| 37 | I would like to first call , in alphabetical order , Robert |
| 38 | The offer would seem at first sight to be an extremely generous one , but those who make it know it can not be accepted . |
| 39 | The rift between the two brothers recalls the one between Cain and Abel and would seem at first to be heading for a similar conclusion . |
| 40 | It would seem at first sight feasible to calculate this size in a way which reflected precisely the actual use for each category . |
| 41 | The intuitions most relevant to a study of meaning would seem at first sight to be intuitions about what things mean . |
| 42 | His consumption of nuclear waste would seem at first to be an ideal solution to the problems of both Martians and humans , but of course there is a hitch . |
| 43 | Noreen would come on first as before with her song — and then be joined by ‘ Mary ’ who would take the melody while Noreen harmonised and then Maria would conclude with a solo — usually ‘ The Last Rose of Summer ’ — and they would finish together with ‘ Let Him Go Let Him Tarry ’ , another of the O'Neil family songs which both knew backwards . |
| 44 | Stirling called all the men together on the ground and promised that modifications would be made , but that jumping would continue at first light the following morning . |
| 45 | Intangible though bargaining power may seem at first , it has several important features . |
| 46 | That it should have been modelled on the Temple of Solomon may seem at first sight presumptuous , but it was an age that relished allusion , and Solomon , son of David , was of royal descent , anointed by Zadok the priest , and the king par excellence . |
| 47 | It may seem at first sight that the plot of land , the fief , as it was called , was a reward for service , something granted in exchange for service , which would fall in when the vassal died and be regranted to a new vassal . |
| 48 | However , this limitation is not as serious as it may seem at first sight , since the thoughtful response may well be regarded as an adequate objective . |
| 49 | Innocuous though it may seem at first sight , this can be interpreted ( at least in the written form ) in two ways : either ‘ I dislike him ’ ( the most usual reading ) , or , in suitable contexts , ‘ It 's not true that I like him ’ ( for instance , in I do n't dislike him , but I do n't like him either ) . |
| 50 | Cyrix Corp of Richardson , Texas says its 64-bit superscalar competitor to Intel Corp 's Pentium processor is currently in the design stage : it may sound a little optimistic , but the company claims that it will ship in first half of 1994 . |
| 51 | ‘ Now you must rest , as the battle will commence at first light . ’ |
| 52 | Durham Euro-MP Stephen Hughes will speak to first year pupils at St John 's Comprehensive School later this month and will also speak to students at the town 's Sixth Form Centre . |
| 53 | Its first PowerPC machines will appear in first half 1994 , and the Centris 610 and 650 computers , Mac IIvx and IIvi , Performa 600 and Quadra 800 systems will be field-upgradable to the new CPU . |
| 54 | Its first PowerPC machines will appear in first half 1994 , and the Centris 610 and 650 computers , Mac IIvx and IIvi , Performa 600 and Quadra 800 systems will be field-upgradable to the new CPU . |
| 55 | The search of the trackside for clues to the Chiltern line bombers will resume at first light tomorrow . |
| 56 | For making up you will have to first paste the motif on to ‘ A ’ , as before , then cut in ‘ C ’ . |
| 57 | They lowered blood pressure in patients with hypertension , prevented irregularities of the heartbeat which might be caused by adrenaline , reduced mortality after coronary thrombosis , and , perhaps most importantly of all , they revealed the complexity of the factors which control cardiac activity in man , and the difficulties of predicting the effects drugs will have without first carrying out extensive and detailed experiments , both in the laboratory and in the clinic . |
| 58 | Availability will coincide with first shipment of NT from Microsoft and will be about $500 but pricing will be finalised when the product ships . |
| 59 | END-USER STORM WILL HIT IN FIRST QUARTER |
| 60 | After some preparatory work in Napier , they will learn at first hand about how organisations work , relating theory to the aims of their particular community partner organisation and how it achieves those aims . |