Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] at [adj] sight " in BNC.
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1 | This is a much more debatable — and debated — point than appears at first sight . |
2 | The distinction does arise and it can not entirely be neglected but it is much less important than appears at first sight . |
3 | There may prove to be less difference between some modern versions of Christianity and Buddhism and psychoanalysis than appears at first sight . |
4 | Such compound instructions may therefore be less useful than appears at first sight . |
5 | Those who have worked in the legal civil service report that it is much more interesting than appears at first sight . |
6 | As I have sought to show in the present chapter , the philosophical grounds on which individualism is defended , though compelling at first sight , are in fact open to doubt . |