Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the arrangement is more artful than it might appear to be at first sight . |
| 2 | Generous though the offer seemed to be at first sight , it was in American interests to acquire missile sites in Britain to bring the Soviet Union within range of American attack . |
| 3 | The particular premises that Let It Rock occupied had always been in the very vanguard of London fashion trends but working there was n't as much of a shock as I thought it was going to be at first . |
| 4 | Choosing and changing topics are , are going to appear , I 'm , I 'm saying rightly , that it 's going to be at first hard . |
| 5 | The process of fusing Ministerial intentions and departmental expertise in the formulation of policy is a great deal more subtle than it appears to be at first sight . |
| 6 | The whole clause is not qualified , as it appears to be on first reading , by the opening words ‘ with intent . ’ |
| 7 | We would all prefer to be in first , and becoming a fund-holder is a bit like a traveller being given the difference in the fare between the two classes . |