Example sentences of "it seem at first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed at first sight to be a chaos of struggling men and horses , a wild mêlée ; but soon it became apparent to the newcomers that it was in fact more like a whirlpool of activity , with the ambushed English , above whom the royal standard wavered uncertainly , in the centre , whilst their more numerous attackers circled round them , smiting and thrusting but apparently making only moderate impact . |
| 2 | But when Felicity arrived , three days later , it seemed at first glance as if she had lost every atom of her old charm . |
| 3 | It seemed at first glance that Louise was wearing a turban ; she had saved her day 's ration of flour and had made a poultice of it for a boil which had erupted on her temple ; her other boils seemed to be growing slightly better . |
| 4 | Neither judgment is quite the epitaph it seems at first sight . |
| 5 | This is a more generous protest even than it seems at first sight , for Jacob 's possessions include Esau 's birthright , and Isaac 's blessing that had been meant for him . |
| 6 | It seems at first sight strange that in a disposition essentially formless so much time should be spent by the jurists on questions of wording . |
| 7 | The interpretation of this measure of consistency is not as straightforward as it seems at first sight . |
| 8 | The debate about using readmission to measure quality of care is obviously much more complex than it seems at first sight . |
| 9 | However , although it seems at first sight that prospects for prevention associated with life events are bleak , there are nevertheless a number of realistic possibilities , and it is important to go through these . |
| 10 | For example , as we noted , the definition of pragmatics as concerned with encoded aspects of context may be less restrictive than it seems at first sight ; for if in general ( a ) principles of language usage have as corollaries principles of interpretation , and ( b ) principles of language usage are likely in the long run to impinge on grammar ( and some empirical support can be found for both propositions ) , then theories about pragmatic aspects of meaning will be closely related to theories about the grammaticalization of aspects of context . |
| 11 | Copiously furnished with crammed bookcases , shelves stacked with cassettes and 19th century lithographs tastefully dispersed across the walls , it seems at first glance to be a richly cultured environment . |