Example sentences of "to [be] [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole clause is not qualified , as it appears to be on first reading , by the opening words ‘ with intent . ’ |
| 2 | Generous though the offer seemed to be at first sight , it was in American interests to acquire missile sites in Britain to bring the Soviet Union within range of American attack . |
| 3 | The process of fusing Ministerial intentions and departmental expertise in the formulation of policy is a great deal more subtle than it appears to be at first sight . |
| 4 | For , after all , it was not humility that restrained her from believing herself to be at first sight infinitely interesting , for she believed herself to be the equal even of Clelia Denham : it was simply a deference to the law of probability . |
| 5 | But the arrangement is more artful than it might appear to be at first sight . |