Example sentences of "[vb base] at [adj] [noun sg] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implications for the children 's hearing system of section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act , 1974 , appear at first sight to be far-reaching and disastrous . |
| 2 | Other works , for example Beehives , which appear at first sight to be silk screen prints are revealed as watercolours , where bleach has created a subtle monotone effect . |
| 3 | Claudius made two other arrangements which seem at first sight to be highly anomalous . |
| 4 | Individual points along a spectrum , on the other hand , seem at first sight to be insufficiently distinguished from one another . |
| 5 | The religious culture of Lérins and of Faustus in particular seem at first sight to be at odds with the rhetorical culture of Sidonius 's own writings . |
| 6 | The figures for the first two years are easy as these decisions have already been taken , years four and five are merely projections on current assumptions while the hard decisions have at this stage to be taken for year three . |