Sentence examples for assumed at first from inspiring English sources

As a result, it assumed at first a neutral policy.

I assumed at first that I would have little use for the guide.

They had assumed at first that they would find an old building with architectural details, but they have accommodated themselves to the fact that they didn't do that.

He said: "I was amazed when I saw it and assumed at first it was some old policy from when it was a private school".

Both noted that the paint surface was very well preserved — better than could be assumed at first glance because a layer of old varnish concealed the subtle tonalities.

Asked by Guardian Australia whether Robert had, like Macfarlane, assumed at first the watch was a fake, a spokesman said there was "nothing to add to the story that's not already out there" but confirmed that it had been returned.

He assumes at first that she is referring to his house and he's relieved.

I assume, at first, he means for the album to project a sense of indifference in the face of criticism.

However historic the changes to come, the B.J.P.'s triumph at the polls wasn't quite as big as one might assume at first glance.

Hearing this, one assumes, at first, that Harry means that he and Prince William, his older brother, have never before publicly discussed their relationship with their mother, who died when the princes were twelve and fifteen.

Drink La Casa del Ron – which translates as The House of Rum, in English, rather than Ron's House, as you might assume – at first glance fits right in with the town's crumbling church ruins and Spanish façades.