Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quakers were not disgraced in the first derby match of Third Division standing played at the Victoria Ground . |
| 2 | The omens for the new state were not encouraging in the first months of its existence . |
| 3 | By his order dated 14 July 1992 the judge granted a declaration that it was not unlawful for the first or third defendants to administer a blood transfusion to T. if they considered that it was in her best interests to do so . |
| 4 | but I think one one might still see this in terms of , of Mao 's ideas on excesses that , that clearly the situation was not right in the first half of , of nineteen forty seven . |
| 5 | Life was n't easy for the first Italian immigrants . |
| 6 | Lillywhite , the Banana professional team rider from Walton-on-Thames , said : ‘ I was n't worried about the first break . |