Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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1 | Within days it was obvious that the extent of the dissolution was every bit as great as I had at first suspected . |
2 | Or was the fact of their friendship with Gideon just an unwelcome coincidence , as I had at first supposed . |
3 | He swigged his champagne with such abandon that Ruth knew he had swallowed Maria Luisa 's explanation of their affair with the same ease as she had at first . |
4 | He says having been there , the crash is n't over such a wide area as we thought at first . |
5 | And as they prepare for first division football he 's relishing another challenge , just as he 's looking forward to renewing acquaintances with certain Meath players today . |
6 | However , things are not as simple as they seemed at first . |
7 | As Richards has recently indicated , the Cox survey and the longitudinal study are not as mutually supportive as they seem at first sight . |
8 | It can therefore be seen that these inducements are not quite as attractive as they seem at first sight . |
9 | This research evidence seems contrary to common sense , but such findings are not as incomprehensible as they look at first sight . |
10 | Given the fact that much of the property in the western half of the country was sub-let to under-tenants at rack rents , it is doubtful whether regional differences were as pronounced as they appear at first sight . |
11 | ‘ Not as bad as it looked on first assessment . |
12 | The wound was not as serious as it had at first seemed , but the bone was broken . |
13 | The style of the figures is manifestly provincial and need not be so early as it looks at first glance , but it can hardly be after the mid century . |
14 | Once the field-worker was categorized as conforming to their typification of a ‘ good ’ Catholic ( the meaning of which we will outline elsewhere ) , then her religion was no longer as important as it appears at first sight , although the extent to which it had a residual effect is impossible to estimate . |
15 | But even this is not as extensive as it appears at first sight for , in conducting an investigation on a complaint , the Tribunal must apply ‘ the principles applicable by a court on an application for judicial review ’ . |
16 | The text needs to be watched closely for all may not be as it seems at first . |
17 | The interpretation of this measure of consistency is not as straightforward as it seems at first sight . |
18 | The real reason was that he felt at ease ; he was no longer a figure of fun or an eyesore , he had a place — just as he did at first with Sien . |