Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The existence of a London Showroom for the contract and international market is a vital part of the marketing process where designers can see at first hand the fabrics and curtains to be used in their interiors . |
| 2 | In fact , illegal migration may increase at first under the trade agreement , as hundreds of thousands of peasants displaced by recent land reforms in Mexico look for new jobs in the north . |
| 3 | ‘ Now you must rest , as the battle will commence at first light . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The intuitions most relevant to a study of meaning would seem at first sight to be intuitions about what things mean . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The search of the trackside for clues to the Chiltern line bombers will resume at first light tomorrow . |
| 8 | Such a definition may appear at first sight not to add much to Lord Macnaghten 's . |
| 9 | Most episodes of haemorrhage from peptic ulcers should becontrolled at first without surgery . |
| 10 | The offer would seem at first sight to be an extremely generous one , but those who make it know it can not be accepted . |
| 11 | To marketing departments the technological challenge associated with such an approach may appear at first quite daunting . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | After all , the member can see at first hand what nice people the Conservatives are . |
| 14 | Another consideration is that English can seem at first glance rather different in primary and in secondary schools . |
| 15 | Intangible though bargaining power may seem at first , it has several important features . |