Example sentences of "but [adj] [be] [art] first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been described as many things , but that is the first time I have been described as a tourist attraction . |
| 2 | Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton . |
| 3 | But this is the first time that RA members are being so actively encouraged to trespass . |
| 4 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |
| 5 | But this is the first time that the official Russian Orthodx Church , freed from the restraints of communism , will have canonised a member of the Imperial family . |
| 6 | Every year several of the participants have said to me , ‘ I have been studying in Britain for a year , but this is the first time I have been inside a British home ’ . |
| 7 | The Tour has rested at Bordeaux many times , but this is the first time that the caravan has used Nogent-sur-Oise for the beginning of a day 's racing . |
| 8 | I 've had odd holidays with friends and my parents but this is the first time I 've actually sort of lived in the country . |
| 9 | Later Phillips said : ‘ I hope he 's back , but this is the first time he 's received official notification of being sacked . |
| 10 | But this is the first time supermodels have appeared in a home shopping catalogue . |
| 11 | But this is the first time they have attacked by the very people supposed to be the most enthusiastic about them . |
| 12 | A few seasons back she had a small show at the now defunct 49th Parallel gallery but this is the first time New Yorkers will get to see works by this figurative painter in any profusion . |
| 13 | However , Mr Leeder said : ‘ Quite honestly I do n't hold out much hope , but this is the first time the church has agreed to visit us . |
| 14 | Zwemmer chairman Philip Wilson said : ‘ Our six shops already have the largest stock of art books in the country , but this is the first time that Zwemmer has had a location that is suitable and at the centre of the art trade . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But this is the first time I have ever entered a hot and stuffy cathedral . ’ |
| 16 | I 've been thinking about dragons all my life , but this is the first time one has turned up . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But this is the first time Vulcan attacked him ? ’ |
| 18 | The trophy , named after a past director of Stoddard 's carpets , has been at the company for the past 37 years , but this is the first time in history that the organisers have opened up the competition for runners up . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've heard of them , but this is the first time I 've seen them like this . |
| 20 | The drug has been around for the last 20 years , but this is the first time the research has been carried out over such a lengthy period . |
| 21 | But this is the first time we 've been able to excavate scientifically . |
| 22 | There are lots of charity shops in the High Street , but this is the first time such a venture has been launched in the art world of London . |
| 23 | He has also repeatedly called for the Union Jack to be removed from Australia 's flag , but this is the first time that he has outlined a timetable for change . |
| 24 | Almost 3O branches already incorporate chemists either as sub-lets or concessions , but this is the first time JS has teamed up with Boots . |
| 25 | So , there are these sort of centres all over the country , er but this is the first time that there has been one that has arts and science under the same room . |
| 26 | Fawcett says that he had noticed scraps of similar material in earlier test runs on the apparatus , but this was the first time that he drew it to Gibson 's attention . |
| 27 | But this was the first time that he showed an interest . |
| 28 | But this was the first time he 'd offered to share any of his inner self . |
| 29 | ‘ Before this game , individuals had been performing well , but this was the first time we really played well as a team and it shows just what we are capable of . ’ |
| 30 | The waning of enthusiasm for higher education had begun several years before , but this was the first time there had been fewer applicants than places offered . |