Example sentences of "but [pron] is the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goldsmith talks with some conviction , but she is the first to admit that she is a phoney . |
| 2 | on the eve of their wedding her wedding veil is rent by an intruder , who Rochester assures her is a servant Grace Poole but who is the next day revealed to be his mad Creole wife Bertha , confined to the upper regions of the hall for years , whose unseen presence has long disturbed Jane . |
| 3 | But he is the first to admit that the thought of SummerSlam ‘ 92 has set his knees a-trembling . |
| 4 | Richardson is not of course the first great English novelist , but he is the first to be interested in houses , for the characters created by his predecessor , Defoe , and his contemporary , Fielding , are too often on the move to develop much awareness of their living space . |
| 5 | PAUL STEWART is now a 2.3 million midfield player at Liverpool but he is the first to admit it needed a referee 's red card to make it all happen . |
| 6 | But it is the first possible answer that presents the immediate worry . |
| 7 | He knew it was wrong , but it is the first experience of real love and tenderness he has known in years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | That is pretty obvious , but it is the first time the Najibullah government has said so . |
| 10 | But it is the first time that we have seen such a phenomenon on a large scale . |
| 11 | ‘ But it is the first time we have established formal procedures which ensure that we deliver and measure against set and agreed criteria . |
| 12 | Later , Fiat issued a statement saying it had learned of the arrests ‘ with great astonishment ’ but it is the second time the company has been involved in the ongoing scandal . |
| 13 | Important changes will also take place in economic affairs , but it is the next Parliament that will matter . |
| 14 | But it is the third News At Ten marriage to hit the rocks in recent months . |