Example sentences of "first it [is] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because Boo is locked away , it makes his character very mysterious and at first it 's hard to know if the rumours spread around about Boo only coming out at night to hunt for his dinner , eating squirrels and peering in through people 's windows are true , but gradually as we read more into the book , we are given clues to suggest that he is not the monster , people make him out to be . |
| 2 | At first it is easy to believe that the child is engaged in an equal dialogue with a machine intelligence , so apposite are some of the replies . |
| 3 | But first it is necessary to describe how the question has arisen . |
| 4 | But first it is necessary to examine how the basic model developed in Sections 3 and 4 alters as a result of the changed distributional assumption . |
| 5 | First it is necessary to consider the arguments used in the public debates . |
| 6 | The legitimate way to save time in an examination is normally not by extensive abbreviation but by omitting windy phrases , such as ‘ first it is necessary to consider whether . ’ |
| 7 | First it is necessary to establish that one exists ; if there is no intersection the lever does not pass through the cover and is therefore an incorrect arrangement . |
| 8 | Where the second baseline shows a significant improvement over the first it is safe to assume that all is well . |
| 9 | At first it is difficult to think of anything except apples and oranges ! |
| 10 | At first it is difficult to know exactly where the film is going , either as a thriller or a romance . |