Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] at first hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | For it had occurred to me that the proposed trip in the car could be put to good professional use ; that is to say , I could drive to the West Country and call on Miss Kenton in passing , thus exploring at first hand the substance of her wish to return to employment here at Darlington Hall . |
| 2 | In the following months we shall examine some particular examples of renewable energy which have the potential for large-scale exploitation in the U.K. We will also examine at first hand the technology used in the design , construction and operation of modern wind turbines used to generate electricity . |
| 3 | Now experiencing at first hand with the Boy Scouts of America the role of ‘ spook-in-residence ’ that he had observed at a distance during his earlier incarnation as a BSA executive , Coleman was engaged mainly in recruiting local captains of industry as sponsors and committee chairmen . |
| 4 | These qualities were already present to a degree in certain early works , such as the Forfar town hall and the contemporary Kirriemuir church , while at Melville the somewhat perfunctory detail in the castellated style is accompanied by other features reminiscent of the work of Sir John Soane [ q.v. ] ; but his style developed rapidly after his Parisian visit of 1787 , when he doubtless encountered at first hand the revolutionary architecture of E.-L . |
| 5 | This is important because it is directly relevant to understanding the mechanism of a type of eruption not yet observed at first hand by any human being , but one that would make the Mt Pelee eruption pale into insignificance if an example were to occur today . |
| 6 | When this happens the rest of the school , who along the way have trained with the successful runner , may have beaten him on occasion , have been course markers , marshals , timekeepers , supporters and team-mates , really feel that sport is n't just another soap opera glimpsed on television or paraded through the back pages of the newspapers — it 's something that they are actively experiencing at first hand for themselves . |
| 7 | The two ‘ old lags ’ , who have read all about sex , have the most daring conversations about an experience they have never known at first hand . |