Example sentences of "[prep] first [noun sg] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was in first thing , I mean I sent it off that evening she was in first thing the next morning yes that 's fine . |
| 2 | In first gear the rear Michelin breaks traction immediately . |
| 3 | Partly this involves his audience in material which seems at first sight the familiar stuff of the music-hall chorus . |
| 4 | Although at first sight the Democratic losses in the House appeared to indicate the absence of a presidential " coat-tail " effect — the term used when legislative candidates were swept into office by the momentum of their party 's victorious presidential nominee — this was misleading , as a close comparison between 1992 and past elections was made difficult by considerable changes in the electoral map . |
| 5 | At first sight the five all appear to live on the same species of grass , herbs , and small bushes . |
| 6 | At first sight the very core of party support appeared to be rotten . |
| 7 | At first sight the obvious answer might be to convert all images to some enormously high resolution which would satisfy any possible requirement . |
| 8 | Although at first sight the Bull-Leaping Fresco found in the cellars of the Labyrinth 's East Wing seems in its present reconstruction to show , on the left , a bull-leaper waiting to be hoisted into the air , the figure is in fact a bull-grappler and represents a group of two , three or four grapplers whose job it was to pad the horns , keep the bull 's head low and the rest of its body still during the leap . |
| 9 | At first sight the last category might not seem to fit the dating criteria since glass is strictly speaking amorphous rather than crystalline , but it can have a sufficiently crystalline structure for TL to be produced . |
| 10 | At first instance the three parties were held equally to blame and the plaintiff 's damages were therefore reduced by one-third . |
| 11 | He learned at first hand the economic geography of the regnum francorum . |
| 12 | These qualities were already present to a degree in certain early works , such as the Forfar town hall and the contemporary Kirriemuir church , while at Melville the somewhat perfunctory detail in the castellated style is accompanied by other features reminiscent of the work of Sir John Soane [ q.v. ] ; but his style developed rapidly after his Parisian visit of 1787 , when he doubtless encountered at first hand the revolutionary architecture of E.-L . |
| 13 | Margaret of Carlisle , 47 , was widowed two years ago and knew at first hand the financial problems that can arise from the sudden death of a loved one and the trauma of finding that her partner was inadequately insured . |
| 14 | She saw at first hand the imperialist arrogance of the British in her mother country , aptly illustrated by the signs in the parks which baldly stated ‘ no dogs or Chinese allowed ’ . |
| 15 | Thus I saw at first hand the developing excitement within the scientific community on two continents as thousands of us changed research programmes literally overnight and attempted to replicate the phenomenon . |
| 16 | They were going to the home of opera , to listen to some Verdi , Puccini and Donizetti ; and to see at first hand the fine art and architecture that he had studied and only previously heard about or seen in books . |
| 17 | The truth is it 's never been easier to pack your sack and experience at first hand the sensational scenery and classic challenges across the Channel . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | When they did not return that night , Richard led a search party for them at first light the following morning . |
| 20 | Then , in the late afternoon , Eric would be picked up by the US postal jeep , which carried important military mail from Milan to Rome by way of Verona , Bologna and Florence , and arrive in Rome at first light the following morning . |
| 21 | Crime and the comic : at first glance the two seem almost exact opposites . |
| 22 | At first glance the easiest solution to the difficulty which the eager candidates for the collectorship had created would appear to have been to take the advice which was being so strongly urged , and install Craigbarnet to share the office with Kirkton , for Craigbarnet would certainly have been willing to accept even a small fraction of the emoluments in his desperate need . |
| 23 | At first glance the obvious explanation for Russian working-class militancy lies in the appalling conditions in which the workers lived and worked . |
| 24 | Everything looked at first glance the same . |