Example sentences of "first impression [be] [that] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The first impression is that the flora is vastly over-modelled .
2 My first impression is that a few pissed roadies are raping a girl .
3 Gooch recalled playing against Waqar at Chelmsford : ‘ The first impression was that he seemed to have a very long run-up but he is obviously a very fine fast bowler with the ability to swing , particularly the old ball . ’
4 My first impression was that you 'd be more at home putting up a brass plate in Harley Street . ’
5 ‘ My first impression was that he was rather full of himself , ’ she says .
6 Erlich 's first impression was that this place was closed to outsiders .
7 His first impression was that somebody had started to construct a small harbour , but then he saw a shallow groove cut in the face of the cliff which must at one time have accommodated a pipe , and it occurred to him that it had probably been a sewage outfall .
8 First impressions are that he offered them a recipe of component parts from many different guitars and the result is a sort of nouvelle cuisine which leaves this weary plucker scratching his head .
9 Well , we 're all looking at it at the moment of , of course , but some of our first impressions are that for example on global warming , there 's no commitment to , to a carbon taxation .
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