Example sentences of "was at first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clare was at first protective and maternal , then weepy and emotional , and finally , when the implications of what Rachel was doing became clear to her , she was furious . |
| 2 | Mrs Ramsden 's husband , Jack , whose successful punting exploits have regularly had the bookies reaching for the valium bottle , was at first stunned and angered by the suggestion that anything was wrong with Travelling Light , whom he has backed at 33-1 for the second leg of the Autumn Double . |
| 3 | The critical dimensions of the transformational effort were starting with a vision that was at first unclear or at least insufficiently communicated , focusing too much on cost reduction and not enough on developing a new state , trying to function without adequate transition-management structures , and consciously intervening in the matrix-management issues until they became acute . |
| 4 | The brother and sister had a lot more in common than was at first apparent . |
| 5 | He and a group of clerical supporters refused to accept the outcome of events , despite the fact that Cautinus was at first conciliatory — he may even have been responsible for the proposal that Cato should be given the see of Tours . |
| 6 | In Orkney , the attack on housing policy was at first personal but then it turned against bureaucracy in general which led officials to being very defensive . |
| 7 | In eighteen thirty one Charlotte was sent to the , to Roe Head School at Murfield She was at first homesick , but eventually carried off three prizes . |
| 8 | Having negotiated the pitch with difficulty in the wet , I was at first relieved at having passed beneath the boulder and looking forward to an easy scramble to the top when I came across another difficult pitch . |
| 9 | Kate was at first astounded by his arrogance , then furiously angry . |
| 10 | The citation order was at first unsatisfactory and modifications were made in order to better reflect the needs of users . |
| 11 | She was at first incensed at the idea — as if she had no more to do than pack up guns , as if it were an easy matter to send such an object at all , as if she existed only for his convenience — and then amused . |
| 12 | Re was at first pleased but soon realised that Hathor 's delight in killing might lead to the destruction of all mankind , which he had not intended . |
| 13 | But this time , faced with an orchestra which apparently was at first slow to respond to his blandishments , the musician took priority over the Mahlerian moraliser and he revealed many details and subtleties of the score while keeping its huge overall span firmly within his sights . |
| 14 | There was at first little to engage his political interest , but this changed after Eden 's resignation in February 1938 . |
| 15 | The press was at first unhelpful in either explaining or interpreting the events . |
| 16 | It showed a radiopaque object , which was at first difficult to identify . |
| 17 | Ecology could exist at the research level even though it was at first difficult to introduce it into the universities and schools as an academic discipline . |
| 18 | Because the most celebrated of these — the Trianon — was at first full , I was put into the second-best , the Novotel . |
| 19 | The morale of the air force was at first excellent , this being achieved through provision of better rations and other privileges . |
| 20 | Louise was at first excited ; then , when the recollection had overwhelmed her , collapsed in a corner , her body racked with sobs . |
| 21 | But the will , which Rock read in a newspaper , was at first hard to take . |
| 22 | Pinay was at first reluctant to pursue the project , which in all probability would have died an administrative death , had de Gaulle not let off a series of explosions of impatience with the footdragging of the Finance Ministry . |
| 23 | So , the Conservative response to Mr Smith 's Budget was at first feeble . |
| 24 | Fleming himself , to his credit , was at first distressed by the publicity and wrote accordingly to Florey . |
| 25 | The iron pricker which was at first common was replaced by brass or copper . |
| 26 | Eliot was at first furious with him about the decision . |
| 27 | By 1819 , if Shelley is to be taken as a reliable guide , Wordsworth 's stock had gone down and down : ‘ He was at first sublime , pathetic , impressive , profound ; then dull ; then prosy and dull ; and now dull — oh so very dull ! it is an ultra-legitimate dulness ’ ( Dedication to Peter Bell the Third ) . |
| 28 | Other circumstances as well as the interplay of national interests ensured that Britain was at first able to retain her special position in America 's network of alliances . |
| 29 | I had started at the Royal College of Music , and the atmosphere there was at first hostile to volunteering . |
| 30 | The Central Committee was at first unsympathetic but on 10 October , at a meeting which Lenin attended , it was resolved to make armed insurrection the order of the day . |