Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] in 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | As with externalities , we can not expect markets to allocate resources efficiently if the markets do not exist in the first place . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) associated himself with the sentence : ’ I 'll be surprised if budget holding does not collapse in the first year . ’ |
| 8 | For most months I have included titles that I think are worth ‘ having a go ’ with , although they may not figure in the first rank . |
| 9 | There 's a further point that the effects of the policy may not strike in the first generation anyway , it may be long-term before er equalization of property has the effect and other things so these people might , might vote in their own class interest against the interest of future generations . |
| 10 | If you want a half-hearted approach I may as well not start in the first place . ’ |
| 11 | Does it not say in the first Sura of the Yasa that the Kha-Khan is above all the servant of his people ? ’ |
| 12 | but when I spoke about safety and getting the money back from the safety training that they now want that they did n't want in the first place you said , no , we should do that |
| 13 | He 's not gon na get anything because it did n't finish in the first three but it was two hundred to one each way , he had two pound each way on it |
| 14 | Of course , if he looks dodgy then do n't stop in the first place ; just say that you do n't carry a watch . |
| 15 | ‘ We did n't compete in the first half and if we miss tackles like that we 're not going to beat anybody . |
| 16 | The pleasure smoking brings is simply the satisfaction of a craving that , if one did n't smoke , one would n't have in the first place . |
| 17 | so er erm and do n't forget in the first year all you 've got to do is pass |
| 18 | He was so distressed and shocked that he did n't play in the first two Tests , batted himself at No. 8 in the third and fourth matches , and withdrew from the fifth . |