Example sentences of "[det] was not the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was obvious at the time that this was not the first operation of its kind . |
| 2 | This was not the first attack of this kind ; there had been another three-pronged assault the previous year in the Fao peninsula . |
| 3 | Although this was not the first case in which this view had been taken , it was the first in which an appellate court had squarely addressed the point . |
| 4 | President Poincaré wrote gloomily in his diary : ‘ Encore une défaillance ! ‘ , revealing that this was not the first news he had received of a lapse of morale at Verdun . |
| 5 | This was not the first time that George had attempted a figurative animal sculpture . |
| 6 | This was not the first time I had noticed the old enmity of the Norwegians for the Germans . |
| 7 | This was not the first time the elevator had startled her with its moods . |
| 8 | Though Jan was not initially aware of it , this was not the first time they 'd been cast together . |
| 9 | This was not the first time my employer had raised such a question ; indeed , it seems to be something which genuinely troubles him . |
| 10 | This was not the first time and , if he had survived , certainly would not have been the last . |
| 11 | This was not the first time I had dabbled in adultery . |
| 12 | For this was not the first time . |
| 13 | This was not the first time Alice had caught suggestions that Jasper liked being bound over — needed the edge it put on life . |
| 14 | This was not the first time that water had been collected in bulk , but hitherto those who indulged in the practice had generally been powerful bodies , like water or railway companies , who had acted under powers given them by legislation which at the same time made them liable for harm done by its escape . |
| 15 | This was not the first time feminists had mobilized politically around religion , both to mount a searching critique of patriarchal society and to envisage more egalitarian forms of social organization . |
| 16 | The Shah 's own eyes 's were wet , This was not the first time that his officers had seen him show such emotion . |
| 17 | This was not the first time the UDR lieutenant colonel has faced danger . |
| 18 | This was not the first time I had come across the concept of ‘ Quality ’ as meant in this context . |
| 19 | To begin with , this was not the first use of the curious rendering . |
| 20 | None the less , the law was not static , and this was not the last word on actionability . |
| 21 | But that was not the first time her husband 's penchant for hiding cash had nearly cost her dearly . |