Sentence examples for it appears at first sight from inspiring English sources

It is still a good question, and not as straightforward as it appears at first sight.

It is a lovely illusion, where nothing is quite what it appears at first sight.

Calculations in the IMF's World Economic Outlook show that in real terms, the fall in average investment rates in industrial countries has been much more modest than it appears at first sight.

If it does make use of such judgments, then it is not as different to the capabilities approach as it appears at first sight.

Indeed, following this reasoning one understands that the relationship between art and science is more complex than it appears at first sight and that for instance, engineering and design are related disciplines in the transition from pure science to art.

Recent scholarship on harmonic theory argues that the conflict in approach may be less significant than it appears at first sight (see the end of section 2.2 below) and that 6b and A26 may thus be authentic (Barker 2007: 271; Hagel 2009: 143 151).

The new plant wasn't quite the unalloyed good that it appeared at first sight.

But Ms Todd Whitman said she hoped the new administration did not prove to be as extreme as it appeared at first sight.

Similarly frozen and bigger than it appeared at first sight: the question of what happens to the Irish border in the future.

However, it sounded a lot less shady than it appeared at first sight.

Even so, it is more complex than appears at first sight.