91.   At first this seems coy.

92.   At first it seemed as though timely hitting and strong starting pitching would carry the Olde Towne Team to its sixth straight victory.

93.   At first it seemed like a pointless exercise.

94.   At first it seemed that the Guggenheim connection might improve the situation.

95.   At first it seemed they were right.

96.   At first it seems doubtful.

97.   At first it seems like an impossible thing.

98.   At first it seems odd that this high-energy successful coach would look at the negative side of the ledger.

99.   At first it seems perfectly smooth, but as you chew, a slight crunch emerges.

100.   At first they seem like arbitrary rhetorical devices shoehorned into the narrative to give it shape.