Example sentences of "not [verb] in the [num ord] place " 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 | The catastrophic and arbitrary loss of love that you had not earned in the first place . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Simple denial is when the problem is not seen in the first place , regardless of responsibility or resources . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Eugenius then tried to dissolve the Council he had not wanted in the first place . |
10 | When desires disrupt co-operation their spontaneity is evident , when they support it nothing proves that they were not instilled in the first place by moral training . |
11 | If you want a half-hearted approach I may as well not start in the first place . ’ |