Example sentences of "but [adj] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used you to get to Ireland , that 's true , and if your friends in the organization can get me a job , then so much the better , but that 's the last you 'll see of me . |
| 2 | I know people have written saying that I look like a nun , or could have been a nun , but that 's the last thing I would want to be . |
| 3 | ‘ But that 's the last thing you must do ! ’ she blazed , with a sudden change of mood . |
| 4 | There 's the old seat up that they seem to discard but that 's the last old seat of Council , the old fashioned seat . |
| 5 | I have been described as many things , but that is the first time I have been described as a tourist attraction . |
| 6 | There was talk in the racing press of her being retained by one of the country 's top trainers for next season , but that was the first she 'd heard about it . |
| 7 | But that was the first case of that absolute determination which he was to use to great effect in the later films I did with him . ’ |
| 8 | Of course if Adam had invited his parents to make themselves at home at Wyvis Hall , use it as a hotel , while he was away , they would have lent him any amount , but that was the last thing Adam would have done . |
| 9 | Very painful I know , but that was the last time . |
| 10 | There was an instant when she sensed him hesitating , as though giving her time to draw away , but that was the last thing on her mind as she stared into the glittering warmth of his eyes . |
| 11 | But that was the last thing she wanted . |
| 12 | Joey Beauchamp scored with a header … but that was the last of the celebrations. , . |
| 13 | Joey Beauchamp scored with a header … but that was the last of the celebrations. , . |
| 14 | Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton . |
| 15 | But this is the first time that RA members are being so actively encouraged to trespass . |
| 16 | The town has always been a primary IRA target but this is the first time in many years that it has singled out the commercial centre . |
| 17 | But this is the first time that the official Russian Orthodx Church , freed from the restraints of communism , will have canonised a member of the Imperial family . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've ridden a lot of good horses , but this is the first one I would maybe compare with Affirmed . |
| 19 | Every year several of the participants have said to me , ‘ I have been studying in Britain for a year , but this is the first time I have been inside a British home ’ . |
| 20 | The Tour has rested at Bordeaux many times , but this is the first time that the caravan has used Nogent-sur-Oise for the beginning of a day 's racing . |
| 21 | Telidon is already in use in several commercial view-data systems in Canada but this is the first big broadcast operation . |
| 22 | But this is the first major announcement of aid for the drug industry , apart from £9 million for biotechnology research last month . |
| 23 | There are plenty of books on the applications of information technology and several quite good introductory texts on computing for courses in schools but this is the first to take a general look at information technology in education in its broadest sense . |
| 24 | I 've had odd holidays with friends and my parents but this is the first time I 've actually sort of lived in the country . |
| 25 | Later Phillips said : ‘ I hope he 's back , but this is the first time he 's received official notification of being sacked . |
| 26 | But this is the first time supermodels have appeared in a home shopping catalogue . |
| 27 | But this is the first time they have attacked by the very people supposed to be the most enthusiastic about them . |
| 28 | Auctions of marine paintings have become a regular feature of the season , but this is the first to take place in January . |
| 29 | A few seasons back she had a small show at the now defunct 49th Parallel gallery but this is the first time New Yorkers will get to see works by this figurative painter in any profusion . |
| 30 | Others have demonstrated that coordination of stomatal and mesophyll functions minimizes variation in c i /c a to similar values in C3 species , but this is the first demonstration of such for C3 plants grown over a [ CO 2 ] range characteristic of Last Glacial Maximum ( LGM ) -to-present atmospheric concentrations . |