Example sentences of "[prep] first sight this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first sight this question might seem to be a nonsense : since , as we have seen , a reasonable definition of the Universe is ‘ everything that has , does and will exist ’ , surely there can not be more than one of them ? |
| 2 | At first sight this degree of fluidity in the Japanese labour market sits uneasily with the presumption that employment is for life because this would make wages a quasi-fixed cost . |
| 3 | At first sight this provision might seem to be a contradiction in terms , but some light is cast upon it by the Declaration appended at the end of the Single European Act , which , whatever its legal status may be , states that the conference considered that the provisions of Article 130R(5) ( 2 ) did not affect the principles resulting from the judgment handed down by the European Court in the ERTA case . |
| 4 | At first sight this project looks promising . |
| 5 | At first sight this energy seems sufficient to produce ‘ free ’ W particles copiously . |
| 6 | At first sight this option seems the political equivalent of the status quo with low-level waste . |
| 7 | At first sight this arrangement might possibly appear needlessly elaborate , but it would be difficult to obtain in any other way a full body of tone corresponding to that provided by the sustaining pedal of the piano . |