Sentence examples for hardly a first from inspiring English sources

It's a remarkable find, but hardly a first for New York.

Rolling Stone magazine, hardly a first read on Wall Street, began writing regularly about the firm, calling it a "vampire squid".

Her books were unreadable and no refund was offered.Though it now appears that the woman's e-books have since been restored, this incident is hardly a first.

This is hardly a first best option, but if the alternative is an indefinite stint of double-digit unemployment, then leaving the euro and default look much more attractive.

Hardly a second and the greens are wilted and warmed.

Out of that estrangement Ms. Benanti has emerged a vibrant free spirit who leaps from one genre to another with hardly a second thought.

If the Met Breuer devotes itself to programming like the Mohamedi retrospective, it will be a valuable addition to the American museum landscape, though hardly a second Met.

On a more modest scale, tourists in Regent's Park stroll past the throng of ramrod-stiff grey herons by the lake (where about 25 pairs breed on islands) with hardly a second thought.

Like Mr. Klapisch's earlier films "L'Auberge Espagnole" and "Russian Dolls," "My Piece of the Pie" paints an alluring picture of a pan-European cosmopolitan culture whose characters hopscotch from one country to another with hardly a second thought in a lighthearted floating party.

At the end of 2015, Pamela Anderson nude is hardly a first-time offering from Hugh Hefner, but it's one that makes sense.

Hardly a second-rate eating establishment.