Example sentences of "[adj -er] [subord] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim Heslop of Borderway market in Carlisle believes the general situation will be steadier than at first thought . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | We handled more than 6000 toads in the first year and immediately realised that the population was larger than at first envisaged . |
| 4 | A temporary repair was made and they flew on to Karachi , where the damage was found to be worse than at first suspected , as the fastenings had pulled out of one of the fuselage verticals . |
| 5 | On assuming office V. P. Singh 's new government discovered that the budget and current-account deficits were worse than at first thought . |