Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast , the decision making system in the United States can only be described as ramshackle ; however , rationality and efficiency are not necessarily the first priorities of a democratic political system , especially one as vast and heterogeneous as the United States . |
| 2 | The measure is not only the first full-scale law passed by the Supreme Soviet in its new incarnation as a professional legislature . |
| 3 | Yellow phosphine ( 7 ) was not only the first acridinium compound to be discovered , but was also the first basic orange dyestuff . |
| 4 | Those whose entitlement is established , however , will find that not only the first few pounds of some other form of income they have may be disregarded , but the value of a house they own or occupy is not counted as part of their income . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ . |
| 6 | No one has so far questioned the judgement that ‘ Montini 's letter is the single most important document for understanding not only the first session but the whole Vatican Council ’ . |
| 7 | Greece thus offers not only the first instance of this change but also the essential one for any attempt to isolate the cultural consequences of alphabetic literacy ’ ( ibid. p. 42 ) . |
| 8 | So had every other beautiful girl , of course ; but Jane Ashton was now not only the first beautiful girl Killion had kissed good night , she was the first to kiss him in return , and kiss him as if she had a great deal to give as well as take . |
| 9 | Not exactly the first person I 'd send on a Feile stage to confront a horde of lunatics crazed by a thunderstorm but Nanci Griffith 's gifts are more private and homely . |
| 10 | Where the case is apt for a Ghosh direction , the whole test must be given not just the first part : Ravenshad [ 1990 ] Crim LR 398 ( CA ) and Brennan [ 1990 ] Crim LR 118 ( CA ) ( on handling ) . |
| 11 | And , as all marketing people know , it 's not always the first into the market that succeeds — more often than not it 's the one that shouts the loudest |
| 12 | Not often the first person , always the third person but authentic all the same . |
| 13 | It 's not quite the first student text in the field , however , for there are already Geology and the Urban Environment and Environmental Geology , although only the latter is as comprehensive as Surficial Geology . |
| 14 | But when you first say you 've got this problem , they 're losing votes , the media is n't necessarily the first thing that 's going to come to your mind . |
| 15 | It was n't enough the first time , and it wo n't be enough now . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It is n't usually the first thing I tell people about myself , although the old dollies do have their ways of claiming my attention . ’ |
| 17 | He was n't even the first to tell Ferrari he 'd be back one day with a car to beat him , but the laconic Texan did have a more-than-usually colourful way of putting it . |
| 18 | Erm if you go in , along Cambridge Road there 's the turning to the right is n't there the first when you come up the hill . |