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Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adj] [prep] first " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Some thing which is dull at first sight is likely to remain dull .
2	Sure , everything is fine at first .
3	A few strategic blows with a hammer will achieve this without shattering the whole thing , but it 's prudent to first bail out as much water as possible from the trap .
4	‘ Yeah , it 's hard at first .
5	He says it 's hard at first because the notes are in different places .
6	But you got into the Soviet Union and it 's difficult at first for me to get emotionally connected to the story .
7	While this book is primarily about the various methods social workers can develop in work with elderly clients and their families it is necessary to first explore a number of major theoretical issues which bear on practice as follows :
8	Before accessing the information for a word , it is necessary to first know what word to obtain information for .
9	Prior to the use of the ANLT morphological system in the current system it is necessary to first check the existence of a word .
10	It is useful to first establish which part of the circuit is failing .
11	It is difficult at first encounter to appreciate how great a step has been taken in adopting this principle .
12	We can now describe the possible patterns of the cube precisely , but it is easiest to first contemplate a more general problem .
13	It is easiest at first to limit the rudder movement to half or three quarters of the full deflection and to start by applying the banking movement just before applying the rudder .
14	This alchemical characteristic is peculiar to photography , where the mind and heart have potential to blend with the structure of the image , coding it above and beyond what is obvious at first glance .
15	This alchemical characteristic is peculiar to photography , where the mind and heart have potential to blend with the structure of the image , coding it above and beyond what is obvious at first glance .