Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second dimension , to serve as the horizontal axis , is selected from the next highest scoring constructs provided that this is not highly correlated with the first choice . |
| 2 | He not only got through the first round but he reached the final again ! |
| 3 | The morpheme liver is not explicitly stored in the first lexicon distributed with the ANLT . |
| 4 | There were no rebleeding episodes in the group which were not actively bleeding after the first treatment . |
| 5 | When we are developing an artist on an international basis , success does n't necessarily happen in the first or second album . |
| 6 | THE TROUBLE with all this ‘ comeback ’ and ‘ reunion ’ malarkey is it can often destroy a band 's reputation or , worse still , make you realise they were n't much cop in the first place . |
| 7 | Both knew that the other knew that Steve and Maria Luisa had n't just met for the first time . |
| 8 | Then overnight they redraft them because they did n't really matter in the first place . |
| 9 | In fact , I had n't even got to the first stair before the phone went . |
| 10 | You have n't even got over the first hurdle yet and you 're ready to quit ! |