Example sentences of "[to-vb] at first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that timing of the first births is closely related to age at first marriage or union is documented in Fig 1 . |
| 2 | Whilst your forthcoming weekend will naturally provide you with the ideal opportunity to discover at first hand the delights of owning your own Highland retreat , I can assure you there is absolutely no commitment . |
| 3 | To enter such houses , to know at first hand such interiors , was to give a face to the masses , mitigating on the one hand the terror of revolution , satisfying on the other the promptings of Christian conscience . |
| 4 | Whilst in the design studio they were able to observe at first hand the adaption , of a Chinese Motif which was being prepared by Roger McDowell , Contract Designer , for another Swedish customer . |
| 5 | Eliot is able to recall Shakespeare closely enough to suggest at first sight that an ironic contrast is aimed at , but also to present the possibility that the allusion functions as the poetic equivalent of a legal fiction . |
| 6 | This will provide an unprecedented opportunity for many to experience at first hand the richness and diversity of Japanese culture . |
| 7 | Her assessment of me changed from one of total hostility to a slightly puzzled statement that my experience with these doctors , in her own words ‘ may prove , after all , not to have been a bad thing for this peculiar chap — half high principle and half unashamed pragmatism — to have been brought into personal dealings with this autocratic profession and to experience at first hand the kind of behaviour that has been driving Ministers of Health to despair for years ’ . |
| 8 | The majority of information on coffin types comes as a result of the recent introduction of funerary studies in archaeology and vault examinations — much from work carried out in the 1980s at such places as Christchurch , Spitalfields , at Hinton St George , Somerset , and Withyham , Sussex — where opportunities arose to study at first hand coffins dating from the sixteenth century to the present day . |
| 9 | Yet in spite of the enormous output of historical books and articles on modern subjects , the general historian does not always have good secondary studies by specialists to cut a path for him through material which he has not time to study at first hand . |
| 10 | ESSEX school students of all ages now have a unique opportunity to study at first hand the integration of wildlife and landscape conservation with modern farming techniques . |
| 11 | The advantage of the telephone is that it is a two-way communication which gives you the chance to assess at first hand ( or ear ) why your account is not being paid . |
| 12 | Although he did not begin painting seriously until 1911 , Gris had thus been in a position to watch at first hand the birth and development of Picasso 's Cubism . |
| 13 | Secondment is an opportunity for them to learn at first hand about the world of work to which their students are aspiring . |
| 14 | It may be difficult to discern at first glance , but stay awhile and look and it will become apparent . |
| 15 | However , Sir John Cockroft was in the USA at the time , did not attend the lecture and so was unable to get at first hand insights into what the Soviets had , and had not , done . |
| 16 | The women begin to gather at first light . |
| 17 | They were going to the home of opera , to listen to some Verdi , Puccini and Donizetti ; and to see at first hand the fine art and architecture that he had studied and only previously heard about or seen in books . |
| 18 | They were able to see at first hand the handling procedures and planning involved in stowing their goods safely for transport to Europe , as well as being able to sample some of the other delights that Germany is renowned for ; schnapps and Pils . |
| 19 | All day long she had wondered how he had managed to bamboozle his way into a consultancy , but first the calm , unflappable way he had dealt with Steve and now here , with the devastated relatives , Kathleen had an opportunity to see at first hand the qualities that set him apart as a consultant . |
| 20 | Central News South has been to South America to see at first hand the lives that Oxfam hopes to improve . |
| 21 | As thousands of refugees prepare for winter , our reporter Kim Barnes has flown in with a plane-load of desperately-needed warm clothing , to see at first hand the work being done to help . |
| 22 | And as they walked around the 230 acre farm , all of it in the extended Less Favoured Areas , they were able to see at first hand why Hume Stewart-Moore and his son Michael were so successful . |
| 23 | Alternatively one party may be arguing for a significant change or development in the law , and might actually be expecting to lose at first instance . |
| 24 | The garish shirt that caused a myotonic goat to faint at first sight may have little effect once the animal has grown used to its owner 's poor taste . |
| 25 | Indeed I have my breakfast at dinner-time , somewhere around 11.30 a.m. that 's the time for the main meal of the day in farming circles since it is normal for those who live from the land to rise at first light . |
| 26 | But erm the logistics costs are made up from the costs of procuring spares and support equipment largely and er for an aircraft such as this , the amount of equipment required to operate at first line is very low indeed . |
| 27 | Rawlinson wished to attack at first light , or even earlier ; the French insisted on waiting until daylight so that they might gauge the effect of their all-night artillery fire . |