at first blush

What the researchers found was that, at first blush, strenuous physical activity does seem to damage knees.

At first blush, the road ahead for the "Brilliant Comrade, " as Kim Jong Un is called, does not look smooth.

At first blush this seems perverse and cruel. But then I got to thinking.

While at first blush this seems reasonable, we quickly see that it is only because of the disconnections and bias inherent in our culture.

At first blush, those odds might seem to cast doubt on a genetic link.

At first blush you think, "Hey it's crazy, what could you possibly gain? "

At first blush you can see why coupons fell out of fashion for so long-and why so many consumers still ignore them.

At first blush, Bin Laden's son-in-law seems like a better candidate for a military trial at Guantanamo than a civilian one in New York.

At first blush, this may sound a bit harsh, over-emphasizing the negative without some offsetting silver lining.

At first blush, the current crisis might appear to be just another iteration in the endless Californian story of boom and bust.

At first blush Mr Nasheed's notion seems a bit over the top.

At first blush, this might seem surprising. After all, during the boom years for CDOs, the two products were closely intertwined.

At first blush such a move might seem like portfolio suicide.

While that seems the most logical thing at first blush, making a career change now could actually be the better plan.

In the case of low yielding Treasuries the Gresham's corollary at first blush seems illogical.

AT FIRST blush the bigwigs at the Health Protection Agency, which monitors diseases, could have told a rosier story.

At first blush this would seem like something an environmentalist would cheer, but suspicions abound about genetically modified crops.

The distinction between regulated and constitutive protein secretion pathways at first blush appears obvious.

At first blush, there is nothing thought provoking about PowerPoint.

It would seem, at first blush, that dollarization must be good.

Documents that use namespaces are typically the cause of trouble when the use of namespaces is not apparent at first blush.

Average annual growth rates for GDP of 7%, and for real wages in double digits, are certainly impressive at first blush.

At first blush, the U. S. Treasury's own data appear to confirm the rumors.

At first blush, vaccinating the wolves against rabies seems a simple solution.

Users are given an Inbox and Sent items list at first blush and adding todos to your inbox is extremely easy.

At first blush, this might not sound bad because most network cards do their own frame checking by default to ensure good data is received.

At first blush, it is tempting to say it has none.

At first blush, DiMaria's initial comments could have been "sour grapes. "

It seemed a good plan at first blush, but there were still some defects in it.

At first blush, that might strike you as a reasonable trade-off.

At first blush, it might not seem a huge problem that text is less important on modern Web pages.

At first blush, their prototypes don't look much different than the standard C library functions.

At first blush, Amazon's expected move into the tablet space seems odd.

At first blush, the deal looks like a dream.

At first blush this seems counter to prevailing fashion.

At first blush, data on 'outputs' also look impressive.

On cost, the bill appears at first blush to offer a breakthrough.

At first blush, it seems the Senate is lagging far behind the House.

Underneath it, however, there is more agreement on the basics than may be apparent at first blush.

Thought the painting genuine at first blush.

At first blush, it would seem that Mr Bush did.

at first blush the offer seemed attractive.

At first blush, this idea seems ridiculous.

At first blush, this strategy may sound like badgering or a waste of time.

Judy's ideas looked excellent at first blush.

At first blush, this sounds ominous.

At first blush, that makes some sense.

At first blush, you lose a lot more than you gain.

And, at first blush, it looks popular: 54% of respondents are strongly in favour.

This, at first blush, doesn't seem like much; markets hadn't expected a move before early 2013 anyway.

At first blush, I have a guess as to why this would be.

At first blush there is something to this argument.