Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " 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 | If a photon is not caught by the first membrane , it may be caught by the second , and so on . |
| 6 | There were other cases where the name of the rape survivor was not disclosed in the first press report but a few weeks later , the name would suddenly appear in front of several million readers . |
| 7 | The catastrophic and arbitrary loss of love that you had not earned in the first place . |
| 8 | But the parties are not confined to the first perspective . |
| 9 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | John Charlton had not moved since the first encounter . |
| 12 | In one of these three patients the bleeding started in another ulcer not seen during the first endoscopy and therefore not treated with heater probe . |
| 13 | Simple denial is when the problem is not seen in the first place , regardless of responsibility or resources . |
| 14 | Energy saving does not date from the first oil crisis . |
| 15 | She could almost see him searching for another string of quips if Jessica would not thaw to the first attempt . |
| 16 | Effort and application were not needed in the first instance and did not come easily when the need arose . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I decided not to vote for the first time in 37 years because of the EC . |
| 19 | MB 's is wearing clothes that do not fit in the first example eg. This time he refers to the good opinions that people have of him as new clothes and killing the king would be like throwing away hardly worn clothes . |
| 20 | The membership of the Commission comprised four members from each of Greece and Turkey , and three members from States that had not participated in the First World War . |
| 21 | The interface does not terminate on the first error but carries out all checks . |
| 22 | In 1973 the tide turned with a 5-to-4 majority ruling by the Supreme Court in Miller v California that obscenity , as narrowly defined , was not protected by the First Amendment , and that each state could set its own standard : ‘ People in different States vary in their tastes and attitudes , and this diversity is not to be strangled by the absolutism of imposed uniformity . ’ |
| 23 | Although the royalty may apply to any ‘ resale ’ , it is anticipated that it would not apply to the first sale by a gallery of a contemporary artist . |
| 24 | Falconer , who made an impressive start to his Ayresome Park career , has not figured in the first team since a knee injury in the Rumbelows Cup first round against Bournemouth . |
| 25 | The hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) associated himself with the sentence : ’ I 'll be surprised if budget holding does not collapse in the first year . ’ |
| 26 | Those lacking this knowledge tended not to succeed in the first graduation step and usually were to be seen a year or so later in either group D or E. |
| 27 | Laszlo was indomitably trying to learn English , and when Jane saw him again , ten years later , he had still not progressed beyond the first book , now old and tattered . |
| 28 | Kendall can not rely on the likes of Barry Horne , who has not scored since the first day of the season , and youngster Billy Kenny to ease the burden on his goal-shy strikers . |
| 29 | Systematic crime statistics were not compiled during the first half of the nineteenth century , but there is some scattered evidence about the extent and frequency of cattle stealing during the early years of British rule . |
| 30 | Eugenius then tried to dissolve the Council he had not wanted in the first place . |