Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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1 | If a house is not built soundly in the first place , and if it is not kept in good repair , it will fail when put to the test . |
2 | Courier , who had not played well during the first two sets , said he received a pep talk from Agassi that really picked up his spirits . |
3 | It was something she had been determined not to do right from the first , and yet here she was , waiting for Alain Lemarchand , butterflies in her stomach threatening to make her feel sick . |
4 | Weak clients , i.e. those lacking confidence , may not perform well at the first meeting but normally go through a sharp learning curve . |
5 | And again , if he wanted to alter a painting later after its completion , if he did not go back to the first idea and atmosphere of conception , he could never make the alteration a success . |
6 | If the second measurement did not tally exactly with the first , it meant that there was something wrong with the patient 's stomach . |
7 | POMEROY social security office in Tyrone will not open today for the first scheduled signing-on since the IRA attack on a fraud squad investigator a fortnight ago . |