| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | at a first glance | на первый взгляд (at a first glance, something seems to be ... – на первый взгляд, кажется, что ... Iван) |
| gen. | at first glance | с первого взгляда (Alexander Demidov) |
| gen. | at first glance | на первый взгляд (At first glance the problem seemed easy vogeler) |
| Makarov. | at first glance | на первый взгляд (At first glance, you see what appears to be a typical mobile phone, but if you press the red button on the back ..) |
| math. | at first glance | сразу |
| gen. | at first glance | поначалу |
| gen. | at first glance | по первому впечатлению |
| gen. | at first glance | априори (Alexander Demidov) |
| gen. | at first glance ... appears | на первый взгляд кажется (At first glance, the Moon appears dry and desolate, with no lakes or rivers visible on its surface. However, studies suggest large quantities of water may be hidden beneath the surface. (anomalien.com) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | at first glance it looked like | на первый взгляд это выглядело как (This was the most awesome cloud I have ever seen with the brilliant corona created by the sun behind it. The colors were so amazing; unfortunately the pictures don't do it justice. At first glance it looked like it could have been a giant mother ship UFO rising out of the clouds.  coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| scient. | at first glance it would seem that | на первый взгляд могло бы показаться, что |
| math. | at first glance, X appears to differ from X in two major ways | на первый взгляд |
| gen. | at the first glance | на первый взгляд |
| gen. | first glance | на первый взгляд (olga garkovik) |
| book. | first-glance principle | принцип первого взгляда (igisheva) |
| busin. | grasp at first glance | сразу понять |
| gen. | I realized it at first glance | с первого взгляда тотчас же мне всё стало ясно (at once) |
| gen. | I realized it at first glance | с первого взгляда тотчас же я всё понял (at once) |
| rhetor. | it might at first glance seem logical that | на первый взгляд может показаться логичным, что (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| progr. | on first glance | на первый взгляд (ssn) |
| progr. | on first glance, this seems a bad idea | на первый взгляд эта идея кажется неудачной (ssn) |
| gen. | upon first glance | с первого взгляда (MichaelBurov) |
| gen. | upon first glance | на первый взгляд (MichaelBurov) |
| proverb | vacancy is a chance to take at first glance | свято место не будет пусто |
| proverb | vacancy is a chance to take at first glance | свято место пусто не бывает |
| proverb | vacancy is a chance to take at first glance | святое место не будет пусто |