Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [prep] first [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even where it at first appears to be a rather pointless reaction there is invariably found to be some rational element , which means that conflict must be classed alongside other forms of purposive social action . |
| 2 | Very very much more effective , perhaps more so than we at first realize , although it is almost obvious when we reflect further . |
| 3 | But men have had such experiences and done nothing further about them , either because they have decided that there was less to the experience than they at first supposed , or because they could not endure the ethical and spiritual demands which were implied in the unspoken , ineffable moment of divine knowledge . |
| 4 | Critics of the firm as a cooperative family have produced a more penetrating assessment of Japanese industrial relations which shows them to be less unique than they at first appear . |
| 5 | Because the different zones of the sea are so interlinked — many creatures making use of several in the course of their lives — the ocean environment is far more vulnerable than it at first appears . |
| 6 | However , a combination of the limestone subsoil and the profusion of rivers , canals , lakes and reservoirs reduces Champagne 's water requirement ( due to low evaporation ) , making 662 millimetres of rainfall relatively heavier than it at first appears . |
| 7 | One reason why the shift in emphasis to the broader question of determinism is less helpful than it at first appears is that ‘ the problem of determinism ’ itself lacks a clear formulation , and the difficulty of saying exactly what it consists in is reflected in attempts to relate it to holism . |
| 8 | Rollover risk , though now small , is therefore less implausible than it at first appears . |
| 9 | Some " birds " nests are hemispherical , but only on the inside ; you must cut a honeycomb with a sharp knife if you want to see the accurate hexagons of its construction ; the geometry of spiders ' webs is astonishing but much less regular than it at first appears . |
| 10 | In view of the overwhelming Palestinian demographic preponderance , this arrangement was a good deal less equitable than it at first seems . |
| 11 | And just as nobody at first believed that the Germans slaughtered Jews , nobody wanted to believe that young American soldiers could kill women and babies . |
| 12 | After all , it 's now only afternoon tea , instead of lunch as we at first thought it would be . ’ |
| 13 | It is not clear at present exactly what the rules are in such cases , nor whether the choices of readings are as clear-cut as they at first seem . |
| 14 | Elsewhere the overall impact of the railways on the English landscape is not as easy to assess as it at first appears . |
| 15 | This is not quite as straightforward as it at first appears . |
| 16 | However , we believe that readers will come to understand by the end of the book that combining the two stories is not as easy as it at first seems . |
| 17 | ‘ Bob , I understand now that nothing in life is as easy as it at first seems , and that being in love is a condition which can cause one a great deal of pain . |