Example sentences of "if not the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bukharin was one of the first , if not the first , to recognise that arms production , far from being productive of surplus-value , was in fact value and surplus-value consuming . |
| 2 | The alternative voting system at least possesses the virtue of requiring that if such policies are to be persisted in , the doctrine in which they are grounded must have been at least minimally acceptable to , if not the first choice of , a majority of voters . |
| 3 | For the Australian army was among the first , if not the first , Allied service taking up the commando idea , even though they already had nearly four divisions overseas . |
| 4 | In many ways , McLaren was an early , if not the first , prototype of the modern racing team , and it did indeed seem as though Emerson fitted in very well . |
| 5 | Kastri on Kythera seems to have been one of the earliest , if not the first , Minoan colony , and it was set up well before 2000 BC . |
| 6 | The PROFITBOSS gets there — if not the first time , then the second time ; if not the second time , then the thousandth time . |
| 7 | Thus , claims Matthew Swainston , " the seamen were among the first , if not the first , of any class of working men to think in national terms " . |
| 8 | The PROFITBOSS gets there — if not the first time , then the second time ; if not the second time , then the thousandth time . |
| 9 | He knows that if he fails the first time , he 'll win the second time , if not the third time . |
| 10 | The mosaic is datable to the later second century , if not the third ( appendix E , section 1.3 p. 131 ) . |
| 11 | After this preamable , the question is , where did Benjamin Britten , the latest if not the last of the great composers of opera in a line stretching over three and a half centuries , look for inspiration to invent his masterpieces ? |