Example sentences of "which at first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It requires a series of step-by-step familiarization ‘ lessons ’ , in which at first things only remotely feline are presented to the victim . |
| 2 | It was an enchanting and heady experience , and one which could hardly be other than irresistible : a delightful upbringing for the future queen consort of France , but not one which at first sight looks like adequate preparation for the future queen regnant of Scotland . |
| 3 | It is the latter view which at first sight seems to challenge Tormey 's theory , for any ‘ expression ’ by the actor implies a subjective/objective relationship , the inner meanings of which remain hidden from the audience . |
| 4 | FRACTAL geometry is one of those concepts which at first sight invites disbelief but on second thought becomes so natural that one wonders why it has only recently been developed . |
| 5 | However , like many genetically determined characteristics — some of which indeed may be responsible for illness or deviance — such dispositions may not be expressed , or , if they are , expressed in incomplete form , or even revealed in qualities which at first sight seem distant from , even unconnected with , the pathology for which they are otherwise responsible . |
| 6 | Hence the most comprehensive and useful charts often have many irregular comments , asterisks , footnotes , directing arrows and so on , which at first sight detract from the clarity of the presentation . |
| 7 | Climate and economics need to be included because these factors may well determine features which at first sight might be attributed to ethnic or cultural factors . |
| 8 | And certain mechanisms capable of performing some non-trivial computations are incapable of performing others which at first sight might appear to be within their range . |
| 9 | With this in mind , in the following chapter , I begin my account of modern social anthropology by showing what illumination this approach brings to beliefs which at first sight appear to require a great deal of explanation . |
| 10 | With a little ingenuity , passages which at first sight would appear to require much use of the pedals can often be made playable with very little chromatic alteration , or perhaps none at all , by using enharmonic equivalents of certain notes . |
| 11 | Large numbers of villages , however , have very complex plans which at first sight defy description and explanation , both on the ground and on the maps . |
| 12 | The attractive village of Biddestone , for example , which at first sight consists of a village green , church and sixteenth-to seventeenth-century buildings — almost the classic village — can be shown on analysis to consist of two elements , each with a manor and church , between which the green developed . |
| 13 | I choose first names , which at first sight seem to be completely uninteresting , except insofar as one anxiously awaits the frequency counts published in The Times each year to see whether one 's name is still ‘ in ’ . |
| 14 | On the basis of the meanings expressed , all the uses of the to infinitive can be divided into two general types which at first sight might seem to be in direct contradiction with one another . |
| 15 | His proud boast is that ‘ the same principles which at first lead to scepticism , pursued to a certain point , bring men back to common sense ’ , and that rather than being a purveyor of wild and new paradoxes , he has ‘ unite[d] and place[d] in a clearer light that truth , which was before shared between the vulgar and the philosophers ’ . |
| 16 | The house was indeed of that later time , but in the style and materials which at first glance indicated a greater age . |
| 17 | The Quad X has six separate effects loops , which at first glance may seem a little over the top , but in reality is not such a bad idea . |
| 18 | Automatic crystallisation is not a term of art but covers at least two situations which at first blush appear dissimilar ; one is where the charge is made to crystallise on the happening of an event provided for in the charge without there being any need for a further act by the chargee and the other is where the charge is made to crystallise on the serving of a notice of crystallisation on the company . |