Example sentences of "[not/n't] [art] first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're not the first to be affected by the pool . ’ |
| 2 | Darwin was not the first to marvel but he made the notion of such adaptedness scientifically respectable by providing an explanation of how it might have come about . |
| 3 | Our newsletter is not the first to be produced using desktop publishing methods , in the UK that honour probably goes to The Wordsmith , a bi-monthly journal for authors and writers . |
| 4 | He was not the first to be interested in Rome ; certainly Theophrastus and perhaps Callias of Syracuse preceded him . |
| 5 | Mr Cleaver 's victory over his fellow city-council member , Bob Lewellen , in a non-partisan run-off election , was not the first for a black politician in this predominantly white city . |
| 6 | Robert Halsband writes : ‘ Mrs. Yearsley was not the first of those whom Robert Southey called ‘ Our Uneducated Poets ’ but she was the first notable woman among them . ’ |
| 7 | Lakefield Canoe Club has always specialised in running wild water rivers and this is not the first of the clubs pioneering ventures into little known canoeing waters . |
| 8 | He was not the first of his family to serve the English crown , because his kinsman , Michel de Fiennes , had acted as chancellor to the Lord Edward during his stay in Gascony in 1254–5 . |
| 9 | It was a disgraceful decision and not the first of the night . |
| 10 | The English and Welsh , who look back on the year 1870 ( Forster 's Education Act ) as the effective starting point of a state system , were not the first in Europe to realise that a literate workforce would be needed to meet the ever more complex demands of industry . |
| 11 | LADY DAVERS : He is no fool , child , and libertine enough of conscience , and thou art not the first in the list of his credulous harlots . |
| 12 | A number of innovations were recorded : the use of lifts ( though not the first in British council flats ) , the first use of the Garchey refuse disposal system in the country , heights up to 8 storeys , private balconies in the flats and emphasis on community provisions including playgrounds , laundry , gardens , shops and community hall . |
| 13 | One of them , this is not the first in the but one of them is that democracy may well throw up unworthy rulers . |
| 14 | ‘ I could mention several local lines that have n't a first to equal it . |