Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [verb] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the number of police constables that we can have available , would make a big difference to the lives of the very ordinary people , and that 's where we should be looking at first . |
| 2 | Internal movement within the worst-affected areas should be looked at first . |
| 3 | ( It will be found in Volume I of Hume 's Treatise which should be read at first hand , as we are not trying to do it any justice here . ) |
| 4 | Hobbes 's systematic conception of politics as dependent on ethics and then , via ethics , on physics , means that his natural philosophy must be looked at first and in most detail . |
| 5 | And , as is often the case in the media , literary texts have the habit of not turning out to mean what might be expected at first sight . |
| 6 | Having decided on groupings , a straightforward topic might be tried at first ; I suggest tangrams , or the building of solid models , as a suitable exercise . |
| 7 | What we 'll be doing at first then is just to take an overview of the house , you would n't necessarily get that on an ordinary tour . |
| 8 | The shape of this 30ft by 45ft design seemed to make it appear wider and not all features could be seen at first glance . |
| 9 | A warrant may be issued at first instance if the court is satisfied by evidence on oath that a summons is unlikely to secure the attendance of a reluctant witness ( MCA 1980 , s97(2) ) . |
| 10 | Nothing important would be lost at first ; maybe nothing important would be lost for years . |
| 11 | The four key skills of reading , writing , listening and speaking will be tested at First and Second Level . |
| 12 | The cultivated reader sensed that he was being teased , and reacted accordingly — ‘ Whatever is too original will be hated at first ’ ( De Quincey ) . |
| 13 | Quoting Bertrand Russell 's dictum that if you hold unorthodox opinions in England you will be disregarded at first , persecuted if you persist , but finally canonised if you live long enough , he comments : ‘ having experienced the first two stages , I seem to be approaching the third . ’ |