Example sentences of "[noun] may [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Such a definition may appear at first sight not to add much to Lord Macnaghten 's . |
| 4 | To marketing departments the technological challenge associated with such an approach may appear at first quite daunting . |
| 5 | Intangible though bargaining power may seem at first , it has several important features . |