Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] at first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court of Appeal has the advantage ( if dealing with cases such as these after the trial judge has made the initial decision ; it is difficult to say on the basis of these cases how a trial judge at first instance should approach them . |
| 2 | The door appears as ordinary dark wood door at first sight , with a pair of brass doorknobs . |
| 3 | Difficulties , perplexities , pelts , wool , hides , etc. , horrible , but with a certain unbelievable interest ; the American , Jewish , hard , business man at first hand — yes , interesting and disagreeable to me . |
| 4 | When they arrive there , they may well wonder why they have come , for Leck Fell at first sight appears to have no compelling attractions , certainly no obvious ones . |
| 5 | To conclude on our milk recording results the most intriguing item is our group results graph which shows annual milk yield on one side and average milk yield at first recording on the other . |
| 6 | Swindon Town 's disappointing start to the season has taken another turn for the worse with a cup defeat at first division Portsmouth … |
| 7 | The graph line will at first rise steeply but then start to level off , and one can compute the likely final level and hence the number of dies . |
| 8 | None of the nine patients with an adherent clot at first examination developed major rebleeding . |
| 9 | An organisation capable of attracting international attention , to which people would come as much for the opportunity of discussion with other visitors , as for the opportunity of seeing the Highland problem at first hand . |
| 10 | New forms of conventional weapons stemming from advances in chip-based micro-electronics and in software engineering at first sight appear to make the goal of a less nuclear-dependent posture for the defence of Western Europe strategically feasible and economically affordable . |
| 11 | and election night saw Oxford United attempt to spoil the celebration party at first division champions Newcastle . |
| 12 | The logarithm of the number of men having at least s units of solidity will at first fall linearly with s , then more rapidly as it approaches the fixed upper limit of 1000 papers , beyond which no man has achieved . ’ |