Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun] [verb] is that the " in BNC.

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1 The first point to make is that the term " natural monopoly " could bear two interpretations .
2 Concerning the question of how emoluments should differ , the first point to make is that the reward structure in public industries should not ape that in the private sector .
3 The first thing to remember is that the England and Wales of 1700 has a total population of only five and a half million people .
4 The first thing to say is that the spool is large and ribbed — this helps stop the bedding in of line that can sometimes occur .
5 The first thing to stress is that the information given in the orders of battle has been collated entirely from unclassified published sources .
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