Sentence examples for not of the first from inspiring English sources

It depends on our preconditioned responses to emotional stimuli not of the first freshness.

That meant that... some of those who got jobs were not of the first caliber".

Guillot, though probably not of the first rank, was not far below it.

While not of the first rank, Coolbrith's work avoided sentimentality, didacticism, and stilted prosody.

"In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the others".

Ms Wood is the leader not of the first party in Wales, as her presence in the debate may have implied to some, but of the fourth.

And the soul may be truly said to be oblivious of the first but not of the second?

We find that the SP improves the educational outcomes of the first-born child, but not of the second-born.

The first and third contain two members, but not the same members (both a and b are members of the first set, but not of the third), while the second set has only one member (namely the first set).

Not for the first time, of course.

Perceval was not, of course, the first ruler to die at the hands of an assassin.