Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , she has n't drunk the first one yet ! |
| 2 | This section does not cover the first £25 each claim each person except loss of deposit claims . |
| 3 | Some argue that the law in England vis-à-vis terminal patients does not meet the first of these criteria , and thus can not satisfy , ex hypothesi , the other two . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , Poulantzas ' example does not satisfy the first of these requirements . |
| 5 | Lakatos offers Marxism and Freudian psychology as programmes that satisfy the first criterion but do not satisfy the second , and modern sociology as a programme that perhaps satisfies the second but does not satisfy the first . |
| 6 | If it does n't obey the first two rules , Word will not save it until it does : |
| 7 | I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’ |
| 8 | He 's an engineer , does n't know the first thing about literature , but Puddephat makes it all sound scientific by using these very long words . |