Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] in [art] first place " in BNC.

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1 Not that she could n't handle him , but it was so much better if the situation did not arise in the first place .
2 Payment has never been demanded and it is possible that the provisions are not necessary because the liabilities they cover did not exist in the first place .
3 As with externalities , we can not expect markets to allocate resources efficiently if the markets do not exist in the first place .
4 The problem is that writing was not developed in the first place to preserve the meanings of talk or conversation .
5 The catastrophic and arbitrary loss of love that you had not earned in the first place .
6 However , X does not appear in the first place as a response to some specific stimulus ( as in the case of a reflex ) , but more or less spontaneously .
7 Simple denial is when the problem is not seen in the first place , regardless of responsibility or resources .
8 Inevitably , forecasters err on the side of optimism because it is always possible to keep whisky which remains unsold , but impossible to sell stock which was not produced in the first place .
9 Eugenius then tried to dissolve the Council he had not wanted in the first place .
10 When desires disrupt co-operation their spontaneity is evident , when they support it nothing proves that they were not instilled in the first place by moral training .
11 If you want a half-hearted approach I may as well not start in the first place . ’
12 but when I spoke about safety and getting the money back from the safety training that they now want that they did n't want in the first place you said , no , we should do that
13 And when you the schools , the shops in that area , I 'm not only surprised it was n't considered in the first place , but secondly , it is the key to the whole scheme and er although I 'm quite happy to move the erm recommendation , I must say that I have a very very deep concern regarding Road .
14 Of course , if he looks dodgy then do n't stop in the first place ; just say that you do n't carry a watch .
15 The pleasure smoking brings is simply the satisfaction of a craving that , if one did n't smoke , one would n't have in the first place .
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