Example sentences of "[noun] was [not/n't] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason for organising the 5 October 1968 march in Derry was that NICRA had always considered the city to be a natural focus for its attempts to raise the question of civil rights , but the demonstration was not the first attempt to organise around the issue in Derry . |
| 2 | Jane Eyre was not the first book that Charlotte had sent to a publisher . |
| 3 | IBM was not the first company to produce mainframe computers ( Remington Rand , Raytheon and Philco were all pioneers ) , but it was the first to make vast first-mover investments in integrated production , distribution and management for the introduction of its System 360 in 1964 . |
| 4 | Maastricht was not the last word on the development and future of Europe . |
| 5 | Pacepa was not the first defector from the world of Soviet bloc secret services to make such a claim . |
| 6 | Ethernet was n't the first LAN standard , but it was the first that could claim to be non-proprietary ( many vendors sell Ethernet-compatible adaptors ) , cheap ( thanks to its use of readily available , low-cost cabling — telephone-wire twisted pair or TV-aerial co-ax ) , and flexible ( Ethernet is equally at home with small starter systems and huge network layouts ) . |
| 7 | The Origin of Species was not the first book to suggest a natural explanation of how life has developed , but its publication in 1859 precipitated the debate that converted most people to evolutionism . |
| 8 | To return to Griffith 's experiments , Griffith was not the first man to draw strong glass fibres but he was probably the first man to do it in a systematic way and to provide a plausible explanation of the results . |
| 9 | ‘ The bomb in Newtownards was not the first time Connors Chemists has had to cope with the aftermath of a blast . ’ |
| 10 | Happiness was not the first quality to come to my mind when I thought of Jennifer and Christopher . |
| 11 | In this welcoming speech Mr M A Prouten , executive chairman of Brooke Marine , recalled that Searcher was not the first ship to be built at his yard for the Customs Department . |
| 12 | Magill was n't the first time I 've given my Little All for my job , but that ca n't mean I can only get it right when … |
| 13 | The fight in Birkenhead was not the first time that Mr Field had crossed swords with the Labour left . |