Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun] [verb] is [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the first question to consider is whether the biblical writers intended their words to be taken as history or as myth . |
| 2 | The first point to make is that the term " natural monopoly " could bear two interpretations . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The first thing to stress is that the information given in the orders of battle has been collated entirely from unclassified published sources . |