Example sentences of "[pron] [be] not [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spencer propounded the law of equal freedom which was not unlike the first of Rawls 's principles of justice : ‘ Every man is free to do that which he wills provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man . ’ |
| 2 | Keegan said : ‘ I 've told players that if they are not in the first team here they can always impress somebody else . ’ |
| 3 | I felt an incredible sense of relief and achievement , but as Richard quickly reminded me it 's not during the first free flights that a bird takes the opportunity to fly off , because it does n't fully realise what it means to be free . |
| 4 | " I was followed today — and it 's not for the first time , either . " |
| 5 | We went in and we paid seven pounds for me and my mum to get in , we did n't pay for the kids cos if they know they 're gon na sit on your lap , they get in there for nothing , but once we get in there we give them their own chair anyway , providing you go in like it 's not in the first week , the following week when the show is quieter and not so many people going |
| 6 | Any organic material must inevitably reflect its origin , and can not contain what it was n't in the first place . |