Example sentences of "[not/n't] be the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coetzer would not be the first South African Bruno has faced . |
| 2 | ‘ It 'll not be the first man I 've seen after he 's tried to fill up a car with a lighted cigarette in his mouth — nor the last . |
| 3 | Such advertisements cost money , and it will not be the first thought of a local authority , which has many staff and functions outside the SSD , to pay for similar campaigns . |
| 4 | Descombes describes a comparable paradoxical structure in his account of ‘ originary delay ’ : a first event can not be the first event if it is the only event ; it can not be said to be a first until it is followed by a second , which then retrospectively constitutes it as the first — which means that its firstness hovers over it as its meaning without being identifiable with it as such . |
| 5 | But if this colt was beaten today , he would certainly not be the first winter favourite for a Classic to flop first time out as a three-year-old . |
| 6 | NO DOUBT I shall not be the first person to point out to your wine buff Malcolm Gluck ( Domaine Anthea ‘ 87 , et al , Food & Drink , October 28 ) that it was Althea — not Anthea — who received a note written from prison . |
| 7 | If Tim were guilty and told her so , he would not be the first person who had admitted a crime to a journalist . |
| 8 | ‘ There 's only one conclusion we can reach , Master Coroner — Sir Ralph might not be the first person to die in the Tower before Yuletide comes . ’ |
| 9 | This public celebration is still usually followed by the private honeymoon , despite the fact that for many it will not be the first holiday they have had together . |
| 10 | Because they have extra financial resources they will not be the first company to go bust . |
| 11 | It might not be the first occurrence , she realised . |
| 12 | It will not be the first match involving a South African representative side on West Indian soil ; symbolically that honour befell the Jamaican and South African under-19 teams who met in a 50-over contest yesterday just outside Kingston . |
| 13 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
| 14 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
| 15 | He will not be the first cabinet secretary to sell this line of being a decent person savaged by a three-headed Cerberus in the White House . |
| 16 | In general , then , ostensive definition relies upon the previous existence of conceptual knowledge , and can not be the first source of such knowledge . |
| 17 | It would not be the first time that it had done so . |
| 18 | The test car I drove had a serious wind noise problem , which will not be the first time Ford has heard that about the Escort , but it otherwise came across as well conceived — it 's easy to load and has a completely flat floor with rear seats folded — and competent . |
| 19 | This will not be the first time it has been tried , and the observations of one former planning official are worth quoting at length : |
| 20 | It would not be the first time that a ‘ bad cold ’ has referred to a political chill rather than a runny nose . |
| 21 | I pause to observe that this would not be the first time that , in this field , Parliament has conferred on the English court a jurisdiction of unlimited territorial application . |
| 22 | It would not be the first time that a Court sorcerer had been lured away from the strong pure magic of Ireland and sworn allegiance to the Dark Realm . |
| 23 | Might he not be playing a far deeper game although not a new one , since it would not be the first time that the man who hatched the plot and encouraged others most ardently to join it , should be the very one to turn his fellow conspirators over to the magistrates . |
| 24 | The World Championship match will not be the first time the two players have contested a world title . |
| 25 | ‘ If I was coming home tired , ’ said Whatham , ‘ a play by a dissident Czech playwright would not be the first programme I would turn on . |
| 26 | A Family Division lawyer remarked last night : ‘ The Duke of York would not be the first husband to be enraged by a photograph of a man lying on top of his wife . |
| 27 | It is perfectly clear that , while the defence of this country is the first priority of the present Government , it might not be the first priority of the Opposition if they were to make the defence cuts to which they have committed themselves . |
| 28 | The hon. Gentleman will appreciate that it would not be the first inspector 's decision that took some time to see the light of day once it had been referred to a Department . |
| 29 | With Mola still pushing towards the city on its northern flank , Franco realized that he might not be the first Nationalist general to enter Madrid . |
| 30 | It may not be the first thing at the top of our minds when we 're , when we 're checking the thing but I think it ought to be checked for that . |