Example sentences of "but [prep] the first [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the first time in his eight months in office , Mr Kaifu now has a chance of pulling off a coup big enough to ensure his survival as prime minister . |
| 2 | The offices are frequently used for functions , but for the first time in three months there were no special events on Friday . |
| 3 | But for the first time in their life together she rose , slipped on a dressing gown , and went down to join him . |
| 4 | But for the first time in decades the opposition parties are trying at least to look like a credible alternative government . |
| 5 | There was also a regular police force , but during the first half of the nineteenth century it was small , poorly paid , and limited largely to Colombo , Galle , and areas where there were coffee plantations . |
| 6 | ‘ But after the first day on the outside , I started to relax . |
| 7 | But with the first dazzle of the lights all was changed . |
| 8 | Once on board , I took a look below , where many men folk were as comfortably spread on the saloon sofas as circumstances would permit , and finding a vacant space sufficiently large to stretch my full complement of feet and inches on , I tried to fall asleep before we got into rough water ; but with the first movement of the screw , I was on my feet and on deck , having a view of the hills round Gairloch as they slept in the mist of night ere the faint streaks of dawn disturbed their repose . |
| 9 | Military-Industrial Commission ( VPK ) ( head L. V. Smirnov ) : A working commission of the Council of Ministers , but in the first instance of the Defence Council . |
| 10 | Currently , the typical monthly payment for a £50,000 endowment mortgage is £554.27. * But in the first year of HeadStart 531 , this would drop to just £287.15** — a very impressive saving ! |
| 11 | The only other official site I used was in Isafjördur but in the first week of June , at minus five degrees , I had been alone . |
| 12 | We had hoped to be married in the middle of December , but in the first week of that month , Leslie wrote : ‘ Can you stand by to shift the date to , say , 22nd December ? |
| 13 | Grandfather used to say ‘ the day is a cock 's stride longer at Old Newerday ’ ( 12th January ) , but in the first week of the new year there is little to show that the sun is creeping marginally higher each day . |
| 14 | But within the first interpretation of the term , many authors have emphasized how the increase in the number of legal statutes makes the law impractical to apply in every case , so that Sheehe has calculated that only one offence in every 7,600 is detected ( see Dix and Layzell 1983 : 7 ) . |
| 15 | But on the first night at least Richard Hague 's careful Figaro seemed only part way there , tentative and restrained in his guile . |
| 16 | We shall treat them as a special type of word and give them the following rule : when a pair of prefix-plus-stem words exists , both members of which are spelt identically , one of which is a verb and the other is either a noun or an adjective , the stress will be placed on the second syllable of the verb but on the first syllable of the noun or adjective . |
| 17 | But on the first morning of the second week Iskandara came into the drawing-room , where Alexandra chose to write her letters instead of using the boudoir upstairs as Janet wished her to do , and silently put Aunt Emily 's journal down in front of her daughter . |
| 18 | But at the first sign of a pressure sore , inform the patient 's GP and consult the district nurse . |
| 19 | Often capable-looking owners assured her that they were good at controlling their pets , but at the first sign of resistance they released their hold and the animal then became nervous and upset . |
| 20 | But at the first mention of statements and the prospect of court appearances , they 'd suddenly become tight-lipped and forgetful . |
| 21 | The Secretary of State issued the order to proceed , but at the first hearing of the extradition proceedings before the stipendiary magistrate P. repudiated his statement . |
| 22 | But at the first sound of her voice even this changed woman became familiar to him , and the veil of estrangement between them broke and drifted like gossamer . |
| 23 | Occasionally she could see a gleam in Rachel 's eye , as though she might suddenly ask him if his intentions were honourable , but for the first time in her life she learned to be grateful for her mother 's good manners . |
| 24 | Paula and Louise were looking lovely too — Paula in a little white top with a boat shaped neck and a bright turquoise circular skirt , Louise in a figure hugging number which left none of her curves to the imagination — but for the first time in her life Sally felt she could compete with them on equal terms . |