Example sentences of "be [not/n't] at first " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were not at first acute and Celia supposed that they could be due to indigestion and therefore a false alarm . |
| 2 | Since superficially there seemed to be no obvious grammatical blunders , and the vocabulary was not obviously faulty , the ingredients of this foreignness were not at first apparent . |
| 3 | Its functions were not at first regarded by the courts with much enthusiasm . |
| 4 | So great was the devestation that rescue workers were not at first sure how many vehicles were involved . |
| 5 | It were n't at first but it is now |
| 6 | But around the 1400-ft contour , there is excitement in plenty although it is not at first apparent . |
| 7 | It is not at first clear what these people had to offer Wordsworth , though he tried to help them . |
| 8 | This is not at first apparent , mainly because of the particular uses to which his work has been put . |
| 9 | Even when the conflict entered the public domain , the significance of what came to be described as ‘ The Scandal of Tyndale ’ was not at first apparent . |
| 10 | It was not at first shared by most serf-owners in the provinces , or indeed by most of the great landowners among senior officials . |
| 11 | Perhaps I was not at first sight the most employable of people . |
| 12 | He envisaged a restoration of commercial activity on the canals , and was not at first sympathetic to their conversion into a leisure amenity . |
| 13 | The organization of this was not at first easily accepted by every member of staff . |
| 14 | The talk with the chief accountant in his plush office was n't at first revealing . |
| 15 | It was n't at first , |