Example sentences of "[be] not [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keegan said : ‘ I 've told players that if they are not in the first team here they can always impress somebody else . ’ |
| 2 | The Navigation Acts were not in the first instance devised to make up for the fact that some English revenue was devoted to colonial defence , but defending the colonies came to be seen as an integral part of the Old Colonial System . |
| 3 | when he 's down he ca n't move , I said yes he can , she said he ca n't , and three times she told them and it were n't until the third day , they apologise , they said I 'm awfully sorry we did n't realise just how |
| 4 | But on the basis of evidence available now , it seems reasonable to conclude that class is not of the first importance in structuring our experiences of family life . |
| 5 | Er , at the time , we had no response when this was announced by Jim erm , it does in fact clash with our council meeting but in view of the fact that erm our business meeting Se , in December is not until the second Monday , I would be happy to put the erm council meeting back to the following Monday if there was sufficient interest from the members . |
| 6 | Britain is not in the first rank of energy-efficient nations , but , taking 1975 as 100 , the energy requirements backing each unit of GDP fell from 115 in 1970 to 81 in 1987 . |
| 7 | " I was followed today — and it 's not for the first time , either . " |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | They were undoubtedly used by the employers , and the strike was seized as a chance to bring them in — but it should be firmly stated here , since it is usually glossed over , that the damage to the strikers " cause was not for the first time , the result of actions by other men . |
| 10 | It was not until the twentieth century that visual artists started to look into the landscape of the Highlands and Islands and try to say something about the lives of the people that lived through those times . |
| 11 | But it was not until the twentieth century that these policies proved effective . |
| 12 | It was not until the 17th century that Swanage became a port for tone . |
| 13 | It was not until the nineteenth century and the work of Pierre Janet that anyone even began to consider the subject of regression . |
| 14 | Their exclusion from the normal commerce of local society was perpetuated long beyond the time when leprosy had been controlled ; indeed , it was not until the nineteenth century that some Cagots finally became authentic citizens . |
| 15 | The Benedictine monasteries regarded themselves as islands of true Christianity in a sea of pagan barbarism and it was not until the eleventh century that the monks of the abbey of Cluny and its affiliated houses began a campaign that was able to educate the laity and local clergy . |
| 16 | Although the Caucasus was then part of Russia , it was not until the mid-20th century that its borders were defined and political stability was achieved . |
| 17 | Bradford showed little of the enterprising approach that has been helping them shed a dour image this season , but it was not until the 64th minute that they began to slide out of the contest . |
| 18 | Although the Vatican has records of a physic garden in 1277 , it was not until the sixteenth century that centres of learning , first in Italy and then elsewhere , began to establish their gardens of medicinal plants . |
| 19 | Population shortage had reduced the demand for land , and it was not until the sixteenth century that demand again began to exceed supply . |
| 20 | Notts County and Manchester City failed to make a vital breakthrough during the first half of their tie , it was not until the ninetieth minute that Notts County of the second beat Manchester City with a goal from Lund . |
| 21 | The principles of electromagnetism had been established by the late eighteenth century , but it was not until the mid-nineteenth century that any sort of measurements could be made of the small currents produced by living tissue . |
| 22 | But it was not until the fourteenth century , when Christian monotheism had really taken root among the people , that the people of Europe had evolved sufficiently to develop a widespread mystical tradition of their own . |
| 23 | Oriental rugs were probably brought into Spain by the Moorish invaders during the 11th and 12th centuries , but it was not until the 14th century that Italian merchants , trading with Anatolia ( Turkey ) and the Near East , introduced them into most of Europe . |
| 24 | But it was not until the next Sunday , October 28 , the day after another climber had taken a message to Navarradonda , that a small ground search was mounted . |
| 25 | She was often out all evening and did not reappear until the small hours , so that it was not until the next day , not until the next evening , that Anna began to be alarmed at her absence . |
| 26 | Ven looked at her levelly for all of one second , then , ‘ If you remember , ’ he answered , ‘ it was not until the next day that I knew that the beautiful green-eyed woman with stunning light gold hair was a ‘ journalist ’ . ’ |
| 27 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 28 | It was not until the next morning that the local council realised they had to repair a large hole in the middle of the square . |
| 29 | The nearest Hounslow came to scoring was not until the eightieth minute when Keith Hoad headed narrowly wide from a Mark Francis cross . |
| 30 | So successfully indeed did the Bishops of Saintes oppose the claims of their rival that it was not until the seventeenth century that La Rochelle was allowed to have a cathedral of its own . |