Example sentences of "not [vb infin] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is unlikely , though , that we can handle all these if we can not make the first distinction systematically ( and the alert reader can no doubt find mistakes of this sort within this book ) . |
| 2 | She would definitely not make the first move . |
| 3 | He started his career at Everton , but did not make the first team and has since played at Bolton , Chester , Lincoln , West Brom and Preston . |
| 4 | At times , house air waybills use neutral formats that do not identify the first airline . |
| 5 | Why not take the first step to a happy ending — and complete the coupon right now ? |
| 6 | You do not enter the first forest for fun , for adventure . |
| 7 | ( Thus a child who did not reach the first birthday is counted as zero year old ; from 12 completed months to 23 completed months as one year old , etc . ) |
| 8 | The treaty was never implemented , however , perhaps because the French could not raise the first instalment of the ransom in the six months specified , and in May 1359 the ‘ Second Treaty of London ’ was concluded . |
| 9 | Lord Hope did not accept the first submission on behalf of the pursuers , which was to the effect that when the completed application form was sent to the building society the pursuers had accepted an offer made by the society to consider the application , as , unlike in Hunter v General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Co , 19O9SC ( HL ) 3O , the building society in the present case had not given any undertaking to consider the application and were under no obligation to do so . |
| 10 | However , the areas he must address do not concern the first team alone . |