Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [verb] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rift between the two brothers recalls the one between Cain and Abel and would seem at first to be heading for a similar conclusion . |
| 2 | We have found that these roles are not always as clearly divided as may appear at first sight . |
| 3 | This idea is not so far-fetched as may appear at first glance . |
| 4 | The impossibility of replication in police investigation is not as crippling as might appear at first sight because it is far less important , or even necessary , in the criminal context than in science . |
| 5 | The difference between the two kinds of training is not as great as would appear at first sight because it turns out that task training has in common with skill training an emphasis on the perceptual side of human functioning . |