Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expansion or reformulation should be possible whether or not the first result is positive or negative . |
| 2 | How was Norway Chamberlain 's fault and not the First Sea Lord 's ? |
| 3 | The alternative voting system at least possesses the virtue of requiring that if such policies are to be persisted in , the doctrine in which they are grounded must have been at least minimally acceptable to , if not the first choice of , a majority of voters . |
| 4 | The PROFITBOSS gets there — if not the first time , then the second time ; if not the second time , then the thousandth time . |
| 5 | Or , finally , two events are cause and effect if the probability of the second event , given the first event and certain accompanying conditions , is greater than the probability of the second event , given those conditions but not the first event . |
| 6 | This Act , known as the Addison Act after its sponsor the minister of health , while not the first legislation to allow local authority house building , was the first to subsidize it . |