Example sentences of "but the first [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the first two pairs were on adjacent lanes three and four and so were not affected by any inequality in the lanes . |
| 2 | But the first two taxes increase the cost of owning a car , not of driving it . |
| 3 | I conducted the First Symphony during the war but the first two symphonies have always been for me a little to close to Tchaikovsky . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've now arranged to fly out and spend the last two weeks of his working trip with him as a kind of nosing-around holiday while I 'm about it , but the first two weeks … ’ |
| 5 | 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 ’ . ’ |
| 6 | A full game at this level would probably take three days so it 's highly unlikely anyone will bother , but the first four levels take a minute or less and even at Level Seven it only takes five — overall , this is n't a slow program . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This is the third lightweight I have owned , but the first 24 volt one . |