Example sentences of "first thing say [be] " in BNC.

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1 The first thing to say is that this is one of those things that can disappoint us .
2 So perhaps the first thing to say is that , as with the story , there is a considerable art of the pacing of humour .
3 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 .
4 I think the that the first thing to say is that one of the reason why this option this paper was asked for was that we , so we could actually begin to look to see whether or not trickle transfer made sense in Cambridge .
5 The first thing to say is that BMW has n't left anything to chance .
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