Example sentences of "but in [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in a first hint that she may be prepared to modify her views , the Prime Minister will tell the President that , if the deployment of new short-range missiles in Germany becomes unrealistic , Britain is certainly prepared to consider the alternative of stand-off missiles carried on Tornados . |
| 2 | But in the first term all students start from the base line , and take many classes , individual tutorials and work on production projects . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But in the first 10 months of 1989 alone over 7,000 have arrived , and there are expected to be 10,000 by the end of the year . |
| 5 | Hitler 's image , however , stood apart from this : ‘ For many of these young ones , the Führer is not the representative of the Party , but in the first instance Führer of the State and above all Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht . ’ |
| 6 | But in the first two years of the 1990s the slump in housebuilding and property plunged the group into a hole which has turned into a chasm , as yesterday 's record £69m losses reveal . |
| 7 | But in the first episode the combination was uncomfortable , moving from one foot to the other like a rozzer with corns . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 ! |
| 10 | This left open the possibility of further Kindertransporte from countries threatened by Germany , but in the first months of the war no one was willing to engage in such defeatist speculation . |
| 11 | Saviour Stuart said : ‘ We deserved a draw in the end , but in the first half we struggled and were n't at the races . |
| 12 | By the end of that season , when he won his first championship by a large margin , I had little doubt who had achieved the triumph : Niki is no braggart , but in the first of many longish talks , he explained to me that his nature was such that he really just could n't stand the second-rate ; and if you saw the second-rate around you , you had a clear choice — either you cleared out and found yourself the first-rate or you simply demanded that second-rate people became first-rate . |
| 13 | But in the first , euphoric phase of the disease , only the apparent text is granted recognition by the anorexic . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Condemnation was at once forthcoming from many politicians , but in the first few days after the murders Mr Kohl turned down invitations to appear on television , preferring to offer his denunciation from the pages of a newspaper . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But in the first few feet the delight of winter flying , even in an open cockpit , was apparent . |
| 18 | In fourteen years Eleanor had not produced an heir to his kingdom , but in the first six years of her second marriage she had had five children and four of them were boys : William , who died in 1156 , Henry , Richard and Geoffrey . |
| 19 | It then fell to 37,440 by the beginning of the following year , but in the first six months of 1989 it rose by 20 per cent to 45,1()0 and by a further 29 per cent to over 58,000 in the second half of the year . |
| 20 | But in the first instance , as I say we , I was one of six children and er I do n't think there was one working while they was , I mean they was all born before there was anybody old enough to work , you find , that 's And our Albert , me dad had Albert up and he er never give me mother any wages for Albert . |
| 21 | Maggie had the greatest desire to answer in Spanish and confound him , but in the first place she was n't exactly up to it , and secondly she was keeping it under her hat . |
| 22 | The remedy could be screening , but in the first instance it is reasonable to hope that it will average out . |
| 23 | Complete figures for 1991 are not available , but in the first three quarters plant and machinery investment was at an annual rate of £29 billion , and 52 per cent . |
| 24 | But in the first instance , and there the calls are coming in , I would like to hear about your views on MPs in North Yorkshire voting themselves a double the rate of inflation pay rise . |
| 25 | But in the first years of the twentieth century the scale of such efforts sharply increased . |
| 26 | But in the first place I believe we should direct our attentions to unschooled lay usages of the word . |
| 27 | But in the first of these scenes , Act One scene two , the intensity is not yet , of course , such that the monologue occupies the entire dramatic space . |
| 28 | But in the first instance you 'll get these . |
| 29 | But in the first of the new series , we 're offered more than a glimpse into his past , when we meet Susan Fallon . |
| 30 | Swindon tried to play their game but in the first half did n't have much joy … |