Example sentences of "[subord] [vb mod] [vb infin] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have found that these roles are not always as clearly divided as may appear at first sight . |
| 2 | This idea is not so far-fetched as may appear at first glance . |
| 3 | You get any thinner and there wo n't be a young man as 'll look at you twice . |
| 4 | The impossibility of replication in police investigation is not as crippling as might appear at first sight because it is far less important , or even necessary , in the criminal context than in science . |
| 5 | The difference between the two kinds of training is not as great as would appear at first sight because it turns out that task training has in common with skill training an emphasis on the perceptual side of human functioning . |
| 6 | But not half as many as will laugh at you for writing such a loathsome , snivelling letter to the NME . |