Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mozart was by no means the first freelance composer to die in financial difficulties in the days before copyright law and performance rights afforded the artist some protection : 60 years later the German composer Gustav Lortzing literally starved to death after having to sell his hugely successful operas to publishers for a pitifully inadequate outright fee , which denied him any further revenue . |
| 2 | by no means the first place to be discovered , it soon established itself as a maritime port of central importance to Canada 's growing economy ; though it commenced as a Jesuit mission-place , which explains its ethereal qualities . |
| 3 | But the state labour exchanges established by the new legislation were by no means the first attempt to assist workers in finding jobs , though most of the previous efforts had been confined to specific trades or occupations . |
| 4 | The public , of course , had only the word of the press to guide them , and although there was more than a germ of truth in what the tabloids reported , this was by no means the first autumn in which the Prince had spent weeks without his wife and children . |
| 5 | This is by no means the first time that national security has been raised as a defence in legal proceedings against the Crown . |
| 6 | It is by no means the first time that there has been unacceptable , totally unsporting behaviour along such lines in that part of the world . |
| 7 | ‘ Faber would not be for sale even at the right price , ’ commented Matthew Evans a touch wearily — this being by no means the first time he has had to deny such rumours . |
| 8 | In order to foster the feeling of family among such large numbers of staff the first edition of ‘ Laura Ashley News ’ was launched . |
| 9 | Consequently , by selling a stake in the business for £200m the first effect is to raise the solvency margin on the with-profits business . |