Sentence examples for assumes at first from inspiring English sources

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

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.

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

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

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.

When Beth Schatkun of Cortlandt Manor had her cellphone stolen at Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School last year, she assumed at first that she had lost it, she said.

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.

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.

AshleyPomeroy mused of the film's fashionable cast: I'd give anything to know if Michael Fassbender and Maggie Gyllenhaal had heard of Frank Sidebottom before agreeing to appear in the film - or if they assumed at first that it was an odd hoax.