Example sentences of "at [num ord] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first just a ring of bubbles will gather on the surface of the liquid . |
| 2 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 3 | Fewers Heretors , Tacksmen of Islay " met , at first twice a year and later annually to consider what needed to be spent and how it was to be raised . |
| 4 | Fewers Heretors , Tacksmen of Islay " met , at first twice a year and later annually to consider what needed to be spent and how it was to be raised . |
| 5 | A college for women had been Mrs Reid 's dream from childhood , and in 1849 she put up the money to found Bedford College , hoping for hundreds of applications but in fact receiving at first only a few dozen , including those of her own friends . |
| 6 | At first only the Simonova 's lights betrayed her presence amid the blackness of space . |
| 7 | Slowly at first then a loose rush . |
| 8 | This method of teaching , though daunting at first far the pupil , is a formative experience , the aspect of the course to which most Oxford graduates look back with most gratitude . |
| 9 | At last both the sous and the stories ran out so I sold the cloak and gathered a few objects : bones , shards of pottery and the occasional rag . |
| 10 | This was a success and at last even The Times , under pressure from rising costs , succumbed . |