Example sentences of "but the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Books on any of these topics are likely to have a chronological framework , but the first principle of selection is place . |
| 2 | If the body is to be cremated , two doctors must sign a certificate — but the first doctor will instruct the second doctor who can see the body in the chapel of rest or at the mortuary . |
| 3 | Exactly how long Hughes lived at 94 Portland Street , London , is uncertain but the first experiments which led to the development of the microphone were conducted here during 1878–80 . |
| 4 | But the first break happened after only 8km and the second after nearly 612km . |
| 5 | In that campaign , which he ended with a score of 221 , he also rode the fastest 100 by a jump jockey , smashed Jonjo O'Neill 's record seasonal total of 149 , and not only became the first man to ride 200 winners over jumps , but the first to do so under either code since Sir Gordon Richards did so on the Flat in 1952 . |
| 6 | But the first kiosk only took cards , and she did not have one and the next kiosk was broken . |
| 7 | IT IS too soon to judge what impact upon London Contemporary Dance Theatre will be made by its new artistic director , Dan Wagoner , but the first programme of the Sadler 's Wells season finds the dancers , all of them young , in excellent form even if the choreography is less rewarding . |
| 8 | The Pinneys had lived at Bettiscombe since the sixteenth century , but the first Pinney of note was John , a puritan divine and lace manufacturer . |
| 9 | But the first week was one-sided . |
| 10 | But the first requirement is for Mr Bush , who has the best bully pulpit from which to push for change , to show that whatever happens to oil prices he remains serious about fashioning an energy strategy . |
| 11 | But the first two taxes increase the cost of owning a car , not of driving it . |
| 12 | They had six hours twenty minutes to survive , but the first hour of the last day saw five wickets crash for 78 . |
| 13 | The one-day games were now held before the Test series rather than after , an hors d'oeuvre rather than a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was full , but the first game at Headingley was distinctly uninspiring . |
| 14 | But the first point remains , and means that the special rules relating to fault and intoxication , discussed in Chapter 6.3 , come into play . |
| 15 | De Niro 's directorial debut , Tales Of The Bronx , is schedule for early 1991 , but the first film his company has planned is a comedy in which he will co-star with Danny De Vito . |
| 16 | Setting the people free took longer than anticipated , but the first casualties were those identity cards and the Festival site , in 1952 . |
| 17 | I have undertaken a lot of work with bereaved people which after a while could reach profound levels , but the first stage ( which sometimes seemed neverending ) was the misery the person felt at the loss of a household object or a pet bird . |
| 18 | We 'll be talking about the important practical details you have to grapple with when making your selection , but the first and last point is always the overall view of the project and objectives . |
| 19 | Historically , Karajan is a conductor of pivotal significance , steeped as a child and as a young man in music-making of the great Austro-German tradition , but the first great conductor to be reared in the twentieth century 's brave new technological age . |
| 20 | But the first time I conducted it I needed an ambulance to take me home ! |
| 21 | I conducted the First Symphony during the war but the first two symphonies have always been for me a little to close to Tchaikovsky . |
| 22 | Perhaps he 'd planned it , perhaps it had n't been a lightning urge but the first of his traps . |
| 23 | Pavic , a moustached and gentlemanly Yugoslav , was waiting in the wings with an actress , who would read all but the first page or two of the chosen extract in English translation . |
| 24 | But the first reason was religious : ‘ part of the leiges has taken new opinions of the scripture , and has done against the law and ordinance of holy kirk ’ . |
| 25 | But the first parliament of Mary 's regency anticipated this , for reasons which were purely political rather than moral , when it utterly banned ‘ Robert Hood nor Little John Abbot of Unreason ( and ) Queens of May ’ in both town and countryside . |
| 26 | It continues to chalk up record trade surpluses , but the first three months of 1992 are expected to show the second consecutive quarterly fall in gross domestic product , confirming that the Land of the Rising Sun is officially in recession . |
| 27 | But this is a delicious disc , containing not only a winning performance of Beethoven 's early Septet but the first recording of a trifle called Hymn to the Veneration of the Great Joachim . |
| 28 | It said : ‘ I 'm so sorry to send a hired car but the first eleven foremen are playing the first eleven chauffeurs and there 's no-one else to drive you ’ . ’ |
| 29 | It announced a 27 p.c. fall in profits to £28.4m for 1991 but the first quarter of 1992 showed a ‘ significant recovery ’ . |
| 30 | But the first two pairs were on adjacent lanes three and four and so were not affected by any inequality in the lanes . |