At first they were only feathers and dark indistinguishable faces and bodies, hunched over their horses' heads.

At first I thought he had missed.

At first Matilda could not believe her own eyes.

At the first restaurant he sensibly pulled up to go in for his dinner, and as a consequence did not see Cobb strike the open range at the mouth of the canyon and head straight across the swells for Antler.

At the first shot Russ had hurled his mount to the left toward the side of the winding draw.

At first, I thought he was out of his head, talking wildly like this.

At first it had been just a romantic dream of his, the same as the idea of finishing Oxford after the war.

At first glance, this hero seems to be more rather than less of an individualist than any of his predecessors.

At first glance this appears strange: of all people, was not America founded by rugged individualists who established a new way of life still inspiring `` undeveloped '' societies abroad??

At this point Mrs. Frances Cupply, one of Wright's handsome daughters by his first wife, came from the house and tried to calm Miriam as she tore down a no visitors sign and smashed the glass pane on another sign with a rock.

At this point a working definition of idea is in order, although our first definition will have to be qualified somewhat as we proceed.

At the height of the first snowstorm we had, it was impossible for me to get medical attention needed during an emergency.

At two thirty he sent Fujimoto to the top of the wall at the northeast corner of the mission to keep an eye on the ridge road and give a signal when he first glimpsed the approach of Kayabashi's party.

At that time consideration will be given to whether in the light of the United States supplies of rice available for Title 1, disposal, India's production, consumption and stocks of food grains, other imports from the United States and countries friendly to the United States, India's storage capacity, and other related factors, any increase would be possible in the portion of the total rice programmed which is currently planned for procurement during the first year.

At first each child should do a kick-up by himself so that the teacher can determine those ready to work alone, and those who need help.

At first Barco was evasive and shifty.

At first the patient felt stronger, and the hemoglobin rose to 13.8 gm., but on Oct. 20, 1958, he complained of `` caving in '' in his knees.

At first I did not know what she meant ; ;

At any rate, Manchester did not lag far behind the first commercial system which was set up in 1844 between Baltimore and Washington.

At the very first, then, Brumidi was required, by the classically pyramidal shape of his central group, to fill in the triangular space above the seated girl on Liberty's right, before starting on the allegorical figures themselves.

At first the kitchen help was tolerant, but ordered their own supply of white bread for themselves.

At the end of the performance, Dave and Max came out into the brilliantly lit foyer among a surge of gowned and tuxedoed first nighters.

At the Fifteenth Anniversary ( 1896 ) as already quoted, Miss Upton projected with force and eloquence the Spelman of the Future as a college of first rank, with expanding and unlimited horizons.

At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; ;

At first the Belgian royal family administered the Congo as its own private property.

At all events the prominence of " Ea " led, as in the case of Nippur, to the survival of Eridu as a sacred city, long after it had ceased to have any significance as a political center.

" At this time, one of those disciples happened to be the current English ambassador, though his initiation into Jahangir's inner circle of disciples was devoid of religious significance for Roe, as he did not understand the full extent of what he was doing: Jahangir hung " a picture of him self set in gold hanging at a wire gold chain ” round Roe's neck.

At other times, the region existed in relative obscurity and isolation, although from the 7th century the cities of Mecca and Medina had the highest spiritual significance for the Islamic world, Mecca being the destination for the Hajj annual pilgrimage.

At the time of the North American merger, the theological significance of these terms had expanded beyond the traditional Christian understanding.

At the Villa Savoye the act of cleansing is represented both by the sink in the entrance hall and the celebration of the health-giving properties of the sun in the solarium on the roof which is given significance by being the culmination of ascending the ramp.

At the same time other types of interregional and transalpine exchange were growing in significance.

At first he did not attribute particular significance to this message, as the Butchers had left no one alive before ; but on discovering the nature of the assault and the use of a knife, he came up with an idea that was to permanently change the course of his inquiries.

At the west entrance of the park is the Rose Arbor, which is of special significance for the people of San Marino.

At the close of the Seven Years ' War in 1763, colonial militia troops were permanently withdrawn, and the era of Colrain's military significance drew to a close.

Two of her early songs have been given Grammy Hall of Fame Awards for " qualitative or historical significance ": " At Last ", in 1999, and " The Wallflower ( Dance with Me, Henry )" in 2008.

At the time, very few governments were setting aside land for conservation, which shows the significance of this encounter.

At the same time, like the other Post-Impressionists, Cézanne had learned from Japanese art the significance of respecting the flat ( two-dimensional ) rectangle of the picture itself ; Hokusai and Hiroshige ignored or even reversed linear perspective and thereby remind the viewer that a picture can only be " true " when it acknowledges the truth of its own flat surface.

At the time, Horsham was a rural township with little significance.

At first Netanyahu refused, but as the incident grew in political significance, American President Bill Clinton intervened and compelled Netanyahu to turn over the antidote.

At age 23, while still in medical school at Tulane University, DeBakey developed the roller pump, the significance of which was not realized until 20 years later when it became an essential component of the heart-lung machine.

At the war's close the Prime Minister David Lloyd George also recognised the significance of Birmingham in the allied victory, remarking how " the country, the empire and the world owe to the skill, the ingenuity and the resource of Birmingham a deep debt of gratitude ".

The same approach can be found in " At the Gates of Jerusalem " ( 1967 ), which shows the attempt to " convey his feelings about the cosmic significance of Israel ’ s return to the Old City of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War ".

At the time of Rawls ' death, news and UNCF figures noted the significance of Rawls ' final performance, " It Was a Very Good Year.

At the end of the century, ethnic tensions arose as the area's economic significance grew.

At the shores of Purgatory, Dante and Virgil meet Cato, a pagan who has been placed by God as the general guardian of the approach to the mountain ( his symbolic significance has been much debated ).

At the time of Shaky Shelter's National Register of Historic Places listing it was the only rock shelter in the park determined to have undisturbed prehistoric features of archaeological significance.

He notes: " At first, Galveston's leading men seemed to grasp the significance of the Indianola storms.

* a solitary crayon pencil, ... peered at the crowded East Side of New York City, making notes of the historical poor, of the poverty that struggles on ... At nightfall, the surcease of a great city, the repose in the parks, or on the recreation piers, the aged gossip, the children at their endless play — a panorama which was for me unceasing in its interest, thrilling in its significance ...

At the time only main force units were equipped in such a manner, yet the significance of this was not immediately apparent to the Australia as they attempted to follow up.