Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] at 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 ‘ Now you must rest , as the battle will commence at first light . ’
3 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 .
4 The intuitions most relevant to a study of meaning would seem at first sight to be intuitions about what things mean .
5 Such a definition may appear at first sight not to add much to Lord Macnaghten 's .
6 The offer would seem at first sight to be an extremely generous one , but those who make it know it can not be accepted .
7 To marketing departments the technological challenge associated with such an approach may appear at first quite daunting .
8 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 .
9 After all , the member can see at first hand what nice people the Conservatives are .
10 Another consideration is that English can seem at first glance rather different in primary and in secondary schools .
11 Intangible though bargaining power may seem at first , it has several important features .
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