Example sentences of "as it [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not as bad as it looked on first assessment . |
| 2 | The wound was not as serious as it had at first seemed , but the bone was broken . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | The text needs to be watched closely for all may not be as it seems at first . |
| 7 | The interpretation of this measure of consistency is not as straightforward as it seems at first sight . |