Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as we shall see , in other modes , because does not necessarily introduce the first event . |
| 2 | In the result , the proceeds from that sale were not enough to discharge the first mortgage , let alone the subsequent ones . |
| 3 | In that campaign , which he ended with a score of 221 , he also rode the fastest 100 by a jump jockey , smashed Jonjo O'Neill 's record seasonal total of 149 , and not only became the first man to ride 200 winners over jumps , but the first to do so under either code since Sir Gordon Richards did so on the Flat in 1952 . |
| 4 | Not only did the First World War produce a major crisis of authority for the old order , but it also resulted in the harnessing by the State , on an unprecedented scale , of the power and resources of the nation towards the war effort . |
| 5 | This will be not only to gain a first impression of the infrared sky but also to check that the satellite is functioning properly . |
| 6 | Erm the constant frequency generator is not actually delaying the first flight , the , the first aircraft will not have a constant frequency generator on board it . |
| 7 | Can I just comment I think on the process , what happens is , is that in fact the application is made by the director of property services , we do n't now have a first resolution or a second resolution . |
| 8 | We wo n't there 's there 's a good chance we do n't even get the first blue . |
| 9 | I 'm sure we have n't yet finished the first stage . |