Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as we shall see , in other modes , because does not necessarily introduce the first event . |
| 2 | In the result , the proceeds from that sale were not enough to discharge the first mortgage , let alone the subsequent ones . |
| 3 | Anglicans and Protestants now not only heard the first systematic teaching on the word of God in the Church ever formulated by a Catholic Council ( for Trent had only dealt with particular points at issue with the Reformers ) , but also admired it . |
| 4 | In that campaign , which he ended with a score of 221 , he also rode the fastest 100 by a jump jockey , smashed Jonjo O'Neill 's record seasonal total of 149 , and not only became the first man to ride 200 winners over jumps , but the first to do so under either code since Sir Gordon Richards did so on the Flat in 1952 . |
| 5 | Not only did the First World War produce a major crisis of authority for the old order , but it also resulted in the harnessing by the State , on an unprecedented scale , of the power and resources of the nation towards the war effort . |
| 6 | Some universities , such as Cambridge and Nottingham , divide first degree courses into ‘ Part I ’ and ‘ Part II ’ , the former usually but not always occupying the first two years , with some transfer between subjects possible at the second stage . |
| 7 | The two speakers were the man who heads the EC Office in Edinburgh ( who spoke and did not really touch the first and certainly not the second of his two advertised subjects on the programme ) and the other one of the law partners — who was informed and effective , so it was interesting , followed by wine and superb little sandwiches and canapes . |
| 8 | Erm the constant frequency generator is not actually delaying the first flight , the , the first aircraft will not have a constant frequency generator on board it . |
| 9 | Er , do n't always take the first one and that you take loads of picture around , if you see an interesting subject , make sure you move around and take loads of pictures , and then select the one for printing . |
| 10 | We wo n't there 's there 's a good chance we do n't even get the first blue . |
| 11 | Erm , it 's important to remember that this is , in financial terms , a four year transition period , and you have n't yet completed the first twelve months . |
| 12 | I 'm sure we have n't yet finished the first stage . |