Example sentences of "than [pers pn] [prep] first appear " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics of the firm as a cooperative family have produced a more penetrating assessment of Japanese industrial relations which shows them to be less unique than they at first appear . |
| 2 | Because the different zones of the sea are so interlinked — many creatures making use of several in the course of their lives — the ocean environment is far more vulnerable than it at first appears . |
| 3 | However , a combination of the limestone subsoil and the profusion of rivers , canals , lakes and reservoirs reduces Champagne 's water requirement ( due to low evaporation ) , making 662 millimetres of rainfall relatively heavier than it at first appears . |
| 4 | One reason why the shift in emphasis to the broader question of determinism is less helpful than it at first appears is that ‘ the problem of determinism ’ itself lacks a clear formulation , and the difficulty of saying exactly what it consists in is reflected in attempts to relate it to holism . |
| 5 | Rollover risk , though now small , is therefore less implausible than it at first appears . |
| 6 | Some " birds " nests are hemispherical , but only on the inside ; you must cut a honeycomb with a sharp knife if you want to see the accurate hexagons of its construction ; the geometry of spiders ' webs is astonishing but much less regular than it at first appears . |