Example sentences of "it [verb] at [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It succeeded at first , but Party Politics ' breathing was still impaired and a second , much more difficult ‘ tie-back ’ operation had to be attempted . |
| 2 | And as it slumped to the stairs , it realised at last that the girl was also somehow connected with the storm . |
| 3 | ‘ It leaves a hell of a hangover , ’ said Mrs Ridley , and Lee felt relieved as if she had been ashamed of her suffering and had had it authenticated at last . |
| 4 | Set against the background of inflation this rise is less impressive than it looks at first sight . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ The scouts say it looks at first glance as if thousands are leaving . |
| 7 | Even though it looks at first it 's a ridiculous thing to do . |
| 8 | Still hammering away , the Institute has the satisfaction of knowing that it has at last brought home to the Ministry of Health , within whose purview this question comes , that things are not what they ought to be , and Dr Eichholz , who has just retired from the Chief Inspectorate of Special Schools , is at its request making a special enquiry . |
| 9 | 6 Spinning another spiral more closely spaced than the one it spins at first . |
| 10 | Discovery was inevitable and when it came at last there were reasons to rejoice , but not at the reunion with Christopher . |
| 11 | It came at last , a huge long-distance coach , with high steps in the doorway . |
| 12 | It came at last : ‘ Mr Glynn 's travelling companion was to be a Mrs Florence Tremayne of Nansallas Cottage , New Mill . ’ |
| 13 | It seemed at first that Hepworth , too , might make a telling contribution when he began with three maidens , in the course of which he comprehensively bowled Pearson . |
| 14 | But when Felicity arrived , three days later , it seemed at first glance as if she had lost every atom of her old charm . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It sounds at first a morally dubious proposition , but Michael Grubb argues in The Greenhouse Effect that it is more promising , and fairer , that any other scheme for international control . |
| 18 | PERSONAL VIEW FM : the long and short of it exposed at last |
| 19 | In fact , it was a stubborn virginity , which took all his strength to remove ; while he wrought at it she gave way to wailing , then it broke at last , a cry ; perhaps the only natural sound Emily had ever made in face of the only reality that had ever assailed her . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | Apprenticeship training is essentially about ensuring standards of workmanship and characteristically it appears at first sight to take an unconscionably long time . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Neither judgment is quite the epitaph it seems at first sight . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The text needs to be watched closely for all may not be as it seems at first . |
| 28 | The interpretation of this measure of consistency is not as straightforward as it seems at first sight . |
| 29 | The debate about using readmission to measure quality of care is obviously much more complex than it seems at first sight . |
| 30 | Mr Lingham 's grandfather came to Hailing from Luddesdowne as tenant to Court Farm in the 1860's , it seems at first it was run jointly with a Mr Davis , but in October 1895 the farming stock of Court Farm was auctioned off , the property of Messrs Lingham & Davis . |