Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The visit lasted over an hour during which time Neil Kinnock experienced at first hand what carpet manufacturing was all about . |
| 2 | In comparison with the BCG matrix , the McKinsey-GE matrix seems at first to be less explicit about building some ‘ problem children ’ into ‘ stars ’ and identifying ‘ cash cows ’ and ‘ dogs ’ , but the implications are present , as indicated by figure 4.3 . |
| 3 | Mr Edgar refused at first , and Linton sent him several more letters . |
| 4 | The poem ‘ Futility ’ by Wilfred Owen seems at first glance to be simple and relatively straightforward , but , as with many of Owen 's poems , it is well structured and very clever . |
| 5 | Midlands canals tended at first to link local industries with their raw materials . |
| 6 | Jim Wagstaffe says at first he was shocked … and then delighted by the news that his wife was expecting . |
| 7 | Sitting together on a settee as they faced hostile questioning , Bill Clinton seemed at first to be struggling as he was tackled over the Flowers affair . |
| 8 | American Airlines spokesman Ian Burns said at first the service was a tremendous success , but the winter passenger numbers were less than expected . |
| 9 | The Mendeleev Table appeared at first sight to conclude the study of the atomic theory by setting a limit to the existence of fundamentally different kinds of matter . |
| 10 | The string quartet on this EMI disc promises at first to be an effective and not unoriginal exercise in the expressionist tradition , but the end result is something of a disappointment . |