Example sentences of "but it be [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There is no evidence for this belief except one doubtful piece of hearsay ; but it is a first principle of modern reactions to Freud and psychoanalysis that facts count for nothing if the mythology is appealing enough . |
2 | But it is a first step towards better value for defence dollars and D-marks . |
3 | But it is a first charge on the estate . |
4 | He knew it was wrong , but it is the first experience of real love and tenderness he has known in years . |
5 | It was also increasingly a city of white-collar and service workers , but it is the first category — manual workers in small manufacturing enterprises — that is best represented among the 161 fathers . |
6 | That is pretty obvious , but it is the first time the Najibullah government has said so . |
7 | But it is the first time that we have seen such a phenomenon on a large scale . |
8 | ‘ But it is the first time we have established formal procedures which ensure that we deliver and measure against set and agreed criteria . |
9 | But it 's the first day of the rest of my life when I get out there . |
10 | He made a mess of things in the park , but it 's the first time he 's got it wrong . |
11 | ‘ Well , fishing is my hobby , but it 's the first time I 've caught a squirrel . |
12 | But it 's the first time he 's broadcast to people OUTSIDE campus . |
13 | But it 's the first time a cell has been set alight since the brand new modern jail was opened . |
14 | He said : ‘ I know that getting the sack is an occupational hazard in football , but it 's the first time it has happened to me and it hurts . |
15 | But it 's the first time I 've ever known Mark 's to do a catalogue with their gifts in . |
16 | Well normally they 'd given them dressing gowns before but it 's the first time they 've had gowns is n't it ? |
17 | Catherine says : ‘ I do n't want to call Spartacus a stepping-stone , but it 's the first record people will hear from me and I think it 's a classy piece of work . |
18 | But it was a first run , and there were plenty of other inspirations . |
19 | But it was the first drug generally recognized as life saving in tuberculosis . |
20 | I do n't know if it 's the sa I do n't think it 's the same one they have today but it was the first Land Rover that I can ever remember coming to the borders . |
21 | It was tense for a few minutes … but it was the first home game … and the first win at stake . |
22 | This was going to cause more problems than she 'd thought , but it was the first place to try . |
23 | But it was the first place they 'd owned together , after years of managing hotels for other people . ’ |
24 | Brian , a twenty-year-old draughtsman , had seen it all before , but it was the first time for Jane , his nineteen-year-old wife , whose daytime job is as a telephonist . |
25 | In practice , she learnt to ski ; but it was the first time she had been away from her friends and family , the first time she had been on a plane , the first time she had been abroad , and she was desperately unhappy . |
26 | Chesarynth felt conspicuous ; people around were staring at them , but it was the first time in her weary day 's travel that she had seen a box and it called to the echoes of firesong that the one on the Moon had left in her mind . |
27 | But it was the first time Saddam Hussein had ever offered to withdraw his troops from Kuwait . |
28 | But it was the first time these five principles had been drawn together and proclaimed specifically for the Gulf . |
29 | It was n't the first time Luke had contacted her since their sight seeing expedition — the flowers that by now she was coming to expect had arrived promptly next day , and with them a handwritten note — but it was the first time that she had heard his voice . |
30 | But it was the first time they had ever lived privately together . |