How To Use At first hand In A Sentence
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Thus she began her account with a detailed description of the appropriate behaviour of a collector engaging at first hand with the people.
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I heard about it at first hand from my neighbor.
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When he decided to develop a navy, he disguised himself as a carpenter so that he might learn at first hand how ships should be built.
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As an ex-Chief of Defence he had probably experienced at first hand the shakiness of our strategic policy foundations.
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That first handful of novels, slim as panatellas, are testament to that.
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It is useful, Prestimion had said, for the Coronal sometimes to learn at first hand what people were saying in the marketplace.
KING OF DREAMS
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She was absolutely riveted to see at first hand the paintings which appear as illustrations in her textbooks.
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She foresaw its future as a superpower long before anyone else, and she witnessed at first hand the turbulence of its revolution.
Times, Sunday Times
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This is best secured by enabling people to appreciate the glories of our wildlife at first hand.
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This has enabled me to learn at first hand about the practice of medicine.
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Primary data is collected by the researcher at first hand, mainly through surveys, interviews, or participant observation.
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Many relatives on my mother's side experienced the Nazis at first hand during the Second World War.
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The correlatives _noetic_ and _dianoetic_, says Hamilton, would afford the best philosophic designation of these two faculties; the knowledge attained by the former is an "intuitive principle" -- a truth at first hand; that obtained by the latter is a "demonstrative proposition" -- a truth at second hand.
Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
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As London's largest independent provider of community care we have seen these changes unfold at first hand.
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But if the polls are right, she has a fair chance of finding out at first hand whether being first lady is a hard slog.
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She foresaw its future as a superpower long before anyone else, and she witnessed at first hand the turbulence of its revolution.
Times, Sunday Times
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These spectacular images of its works, which are only available on Google Earth, will allow scholars and art lovers to appreciate from close up the most minute details and motifs represented, the lines and brushstrokes of each artist, the under-drawing, craquelure of the varnish and many other aspects difficult to see at first hand.
Museo del Prado and Google Present Fourteen Masterpieces
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I understand, and have seen at first hand on several occasions what a fox can do to a flock of chickens, or other domestic fowl.
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But the notion of employing a civilian brigade of unarmed troubleshooters will hold little water with those who have experienced at first hand such ‘21st century crime’.
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We wished to obtain information at first hand.
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That first handful of novels, slim as panatellas, are testament to that.
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As a councillor, I witness at first hand the needless hardship and distress caused to, mainly young, families waiting years to be housed.
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It's worth staying there to experience the sheer extravagance at first hand, or you could, of course, just ask the friendly reception staff for a quick peek.
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For I have witnessed at first hand the perils of living with a fathers' rights activist who seems to enjoy his campaigning more than the brass tacks of bringing up young children.
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I heard about it at first hand from my neighbor.
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At first hand it was a testament to the marvels of medical science; botched experiments and bad reactions of the recent kind are an extreme, almost freakish, rarity.
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Stay in a restored village house or inn, part of the island's agrotourism project, and experience rural living at first hand.
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She was absolutely riveted to see at first hand the paintings which appear as illustrations in her textbooks.
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I understand, and have seen at first hand on several occasions what a fox can do to a flock of chickens, or other domestic fowl.
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Primary data is collected by the researcher at first hand, mainly through surveys, interviews, or participant observation.
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For many of the previous students, the homestay has provided the highlight of their visit, enabling them to experience our local culture at first hand.
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In order to reduce traffic congestion I have decided to forego the privilege of witnessing the golf at first hand.
