Example sentences of "but [be] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frozen solid in winter , they warm quickly in spring sunshine and may reach temperatures of 15–16°C by high summer , but are the first to slow down and freeze in autumn . |
| 2 | This adds greater pressure to the bilingual setting , but is the first real attempt to consider the implications of bilingualism for deaf children . |
| 3 | In each case , London led the way , but was the first into recession , which meant in the long run that the relationship between the value of property in different areas was maintained . |
| 4 | Jesus had not left them orphans : he had come to them in the person of the Spirit , who was not only the special gift of the Messiah to the messianic people in order to enable them to know his continued presence with them , but was the first instalment of the Age to Come , the pledge that the last days which had dawned with Jesus of Nazareth would , one day , come to God 's perfect conclusion . |
| 5 | DAMON Hill saw his late father Graham 's Monaco Grand Prix record broken by Ayrton Senna but was the first to congratulate the Brazilian despite his own personal disappointment of being beaten into second place . |