The phrase "at a first encounter" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the initial meeting or interaction with someone or something.
Example: "At a first encounter, I found her to be quite reserved and thoughtful."
Alternatives: "during our first meeting" or "at our initial encounter".
A sort of Furtwängler 101, a case study in the messy meeting of art and ideology, the film may inspire some viewers toward a first-time reckoning with those freighted moral questions; or at the very least, a first encounter with a musician whose interpretive genius, however problematic, burns brightly to this day.
It is alleged at a second encounter in his car he penetrated her with his finger and she gave him oral sex.
I am talking about someone you have met in person, had the first meeting -- what I call the interview date -- and now you are on to dinner, or dinner and a movie; maybe already at a third encounter in a more intimate setting, whether it's a restaurant, coffee bar or the apartment or house one of you live in.
The activation of memory B cells (BMEM) at a second encounter with the Ag depends on the concentration of the cognate Ag and T helper (Th) cells.
England will select from a squad of 14 players, with the sides reconvening for a second encounter at Durham on Saturday.
Demographic and illness information was collected on all patients who were approached for recruitment into the study to determine eligibility, and application materials were completed at a first screening encounter [environmental visit 0 (EV0)].
At this first encounter a brief verbal description of the study was provided and the recruiting materials were issues.
One practitioner discussed that he was hesitant to add a transitive problem at the first encounter as he found many patients complained of a symptom in the first visit such as back pain and proceeded never to mention it again.
In the two cases not diagnosed at the first encounter with a GP, both had been asked to bring a urine sample into the practice the following day and there was no evidence that this delay was harmful.
We define a new episode to begin at the first encounter after at least a 42-day encounter-free interval for that specific patient and that specific syndrome.
