That commitment may be a response to those who have suggested that the collection, although broad, lacks depth and contains too many pieces that are not first-rate.
But the paintings are not first-rate.
But again, it was fun to hear this piece, although it isn't first-rate Verdi, and the evening as a whole, for all its flaws, gave concrete evidence of why Eos, which concluded its sixth season with this concert, has been able to carve out a niche for itself so successfully.
Novel ecosystems are not second-rate.
Through his untiring exertions, he managed to furnish enough game to keep the family in food, although he was not a first-rate hunter, his lore of books having early overcome the fondness and enthusiasm with which he had at first adopted the rifle".A second expedition to New Orleans led to his entering as clerk in a shop and mill at New Salem, Illinois.
Browning, although not quite a first-rate poet, proved to be especially fun to memorize because of his exotic vocabulary and jaw-breaking diction.
These will not be first-rate.
Earth to Washington: first-rate economies don't just pump funds into maintenance and upkeep of already-built transportation systems (although we don't even do that very well either).
You may declare a second (although not a third) major.
Schumer should know by now that being a doormat isn't the only way to a garner a first-rate love, although it might aid you at the box office.
Although all the acts are first-rate, some deserve special mention.
