Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who have worked in the legal civil service report that it is much more interesting than appears at first sight . |
| 2 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 3 | What had seemed so fresh and enticing at first was now stale , predictable . |
| 4 | Deceptively simple and restrained at first , then juicy , almost lychees , with a salty/grassy finish . |
| 5 | He knew Sir Harry , as he knew most of the British ministers , well enough to drop titles in private and revert to first names . |
| 6 | They have generally been found by the chance of fieldwork and aerial reconnaissance and many are awaiting discovery ; when they are studied in detail they are often found to be much larger than thought at first , covering areas , in some cases , of over 100 acres . |
| 7 | His mouth , so hard and demanding at first , was softening , moving slowly over hers . |
| 8 | The darker humour associated with ED 209 , which does indeed look quite large and threatening at first ( and not at all like a model only one foot ( 30cm ) high , which it is ) is typified when it , in error , riddles a young executive with machine-gun bullets on its first official presentation and the stunned silence is broken by a cry of ‘ Someone send for a paramedic ! ’ |
| 9 | Such compound instructions may therefore be less useful than appears at first sight . |
| 10 | The distinction does arise and it can not entirely be neglected but it is much less important than appears at first sight . |
| 11 | He also called for a full investigation into Orkney 's Social Work Department , and the RSSPCC whose involvement was turning out to be very much more fundamental than had at first been supposed . |
| 12 | He was pale and composed at first , his features rigidly set . |
| 13 | Many pupils may object that they find this kind of culture to be alien and puzzling at first since this is a non-exam course there is opportunity for pupils to mark time without any serious results but to achieve personal development gradually or late on in the course at an individual pace . |
| 14 | At the barrier at Gatwick , I was met by a friendly policeman who told me that the injuries were not as bad as had at first been thought , and that none of my family was in danger — news which immediately reduced me to tears . |