Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [prep] the first " 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 | Those ‘ events ’ of primitive evolution which did not qualify as ‘ good ’ should not be termed ‘ bad ’ , but simply ‘ not good ’ , because ‘ bad ’ implies the existence of ‘ evil ’ , and this did not exist during the first two of the three periods into which this book assumes universal existence to be divided . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As with externalities , we can not expect markets to allocate resources efficiently if the markets do not exist in the first place . |
| 5 | That part of the Standard and Poor 500 market index not explained by the first 4 factors . |
| 6 | Adjuvant therapy was not given to the first 44 successfully treated patients . |
| 7 | The problem is that writing was not developed in the first place to preserve the meanings of talk or conversation . |
| 8 | Encouraged by the success of the publication , CD collected together other pieces previously published in periodicals but not included in the First Series and Sketches by Boz Second Series was published in one volume by Macrone in 1837 ( but bearing the date 1836 ) , uniform with the previous 2 volumes , and including 10 illustrations ( 12 in the second edition ) by Cruikshank . |
| 9 | If a photon is not caught by the first membrane , it may be caught by the second , and so on . |
| 10 | There was also still a feeling in the Hollywood colony that as he had established himself as a star he should not play an unattractive character , and , what is more , he would only be the second lead and not appear for the first twenty minutes . |
| 11 | There were other cases where the name of the rape survivor was not disclosed in the first press report but a few weeks later , the name would suddenly appear in front of several million readers . |
| 12 | OUR flower gardens are full of blossom at the moment , carried on plants that will not survive beyond the first few frosts of autumn . |
| 13 | The catastrophic and arbitrary loss of love that you had not earned in the first place . |
| 14 | But the parties are not confined to the first perspective . |
| 15 | Grade III buildings were those which , whilst not qualifying for the first statutory list when compiled in 1949–69 , were considered nevertheless to be of some importance for planning purposes . |
| 16 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 17 | This means the voter marks his second preference on the ballot paper ; and , if his first choice candidate does not finish in the first two , his vote is transferred to one of those who is still in with a chance . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | John Charlton had not moved since the first encounter . |
| 20 | In one of these three patients the bleeding started in another ulcer not seen during the first endoscopy and therefore not treated with heater probe . |
| 21 | Simple denial is when the problem is not seen in the first place , regardless of responsibility or resources . |
| 22 | Dulé 's canoe had not foundered in the first rounds of gunfire , but kept skimming on towards the Rebecca , with the remaining boats still around him , offering cover . |
| 23 | Energy saving does not date from the first oil crisis . |
| 24 | She could almost see him searching for another string of quips if Jessica would not thaw to the first attempt . |
| 25 | ( Lewis , 1973 , p. 33 ; Stalnaker , 1975 , p. 173 ) It is said that this proves the failure of transitivity — the three statements are Unexceptionable and the third does not follow from the first two . |
| 26 | Effort and application were not needed in the first instance and did not come easily when the need arose . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I decided not to vote for the first time in 37 years because of the EC . |
| 29 | MB 's is wearing clothes that do not fit in the first example eg. This time he refers to the good opinions that people have of him as new clothes and killing the king would be like throwing away hardly worn clothes . |
| 30 | The membership of the Commission comprised four members from each of Greece and Turkey , and three members from States that had not participated in the First World War . |