Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] in the first [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means the voter marks his second preference on the ballot paper ; and , if his first choice candidate does not finish in the first two , his vote is transferred to one of those who is still in with a chance . |
| 2 | Davis , who won the world title for the sixth time in May , decided not to compete in the first two ranking events in Hong Hong and Bangkok . |
| 3 | At supervisory/management level , the industry still lacks trained personnel ; it is important that the hotel and catering courses attract their fair share of the extra young people who will be gaining qualifications , that the programmes of study meet industry needs and that once these qualified people come into the industry they stay and are not lost in the first two or three years . |
| 4 | He 's not gon na get anything because it did n't finish in the first three but it was two hundred to one each way , he had two pound each way on it |
| 5 | He was so distressed and shocked that he did n't play in the first two Tests , batted himself at No. 8 in the third and fourth matches , and withdrew from the fifth . |