Example sentences of "first [noun] [be] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first hypothesis is that the public sector is highly efficient in producing electricity and is able to realise the economies of large scale production . |
| 2 | Loving , ( Ian Christie wrote about this in the Daily Express , ‘ The only difference between this , the twentieth film in the ribald comedy series and the first instalment is that the key members of the cast are just that much older . ’ ) . |
| 3 | Often the first change is that the patient begins to feel better in himself but still has all the symptoms . |
| 4 | Mr. Browne 's first contention is that the P.C.A. documents in the present case fall into essentially the same category as those in Peach 's case [ 1986 ] Q.B . |
| 5 | ( 1 ) In all the circumstances is it more appropriate that a court of the country to which a child has been wrongfully removed or in which it is being wrongfully retained ( country B ) ’ — in this case one can say England — ‘ should reach decisions and make orders with a view to its welfare or is it more appropriate that this should be done by a court of the country from which it was removed or to which its return has been wrongfully prevented ( [ Australia ] ) ? ( 2 ) If , but only if , the answer to the first question is that the court of [ England ] is the more appropriate court , should that court give any consideration whatsoever to what further orders should be made other than for the immediate return of the child to [ Australia ] and for ensuring its welfare pending the resumption or assumption of jurisdiction by the courts of that country ? |
| 6 | The first point is that the user , if he or she uses the guide at all , probably finds the task of wading through a long , unindexed guide to find some specific piece of information somewhat tedious . |
| 7 | The first point is that the operation is not of overall benefit to the patient — for example , the risk of death during the operation outweighs the likely benefit of the operation for the patient . |
| 8 | As regards the appropriation of funds for the purposes of planned provision , a first point is that the financial institutions could be short-circuited to some extent by increasing taxation of the wealthy . |
| 9 | I think my first point is that the answer to your question depends to some extent on what population what demographic forecasts prove to be most likely . |
| 10 | Pam Royle , Tyne Tees presenter : ‘ My first reaction is that the two companies merged is good news in terms of what will be seen on the screen . |
| 11 | Cassie 's first reaction was that the temporal abnormality with which Rose Cottage was afflicted seemed to be worsening . |
| 12 | The first hitch was that the performance … started three hours late … |
| 13 | When in Colossians 1:9ff Paul prays for Christians he has never met , his first request is that the Spirit would give them understanding of the Lord 's will for their lives ; then , that they should live their lives in accordance with that will by pleasing the Lord in everything ; then , that they should increase in their knowledge of God ; and finally , that they should be strengthened with all might according to the measure of his glorious power which should result for them as it did for Christ , not in arrogance but in patience and longsuffering . |
| 14 | The first theory is that the move is a safety valve , to defuse popular resentment and a sense of alienation . |
| 15 | The first claim is that the dicynodont synapsides declined rapidly as the Glossopteris flora disappeared . |
| 16 | Her first thought was that the witness was a good-looking boy . |
| 17 | Her first thought was that the photographs had n't lied . |
| 18 | Fenella 's first thought was that the Robes were the most beautiful things she had ever seen . |
| 19 | My first thought was that the superintendent had decided to run the InterCity train with one power car . |
| 20 | The first reason is that the apparent consent or refusal was given as a result of undue influence . |
| 21 | The first assumption is that the intervention is not of overall benefit to this patient . |
| 22 | Well the first thing is that the City Council is charged with the defence of common land that and Port Meadow is a piece of common land that 's been in the possession of the people of Oxford and Oxfordshire and of England for over a thousand years . |
| 23 | An alternative resolution of the first paradox is that the market environment punishes the ( irrational ? ) non-SEU agents , in the sense that these agents rapidly learn from the market environment that non-SEU behaviour does not pay . |
| 24 | The first answer is that the commodity form of commercial recordings has a ‘ distorting ’ effect and that there is a deeper ‘ real content ’ ‘ lying behind ’ the distortions . |
| 25 | The first indications are that the pilot procedures adopted are proving satisfactory . |
| 26 | The first possibility is that the cat in question is ill or senile and its whole behaviour routine is starting to collapse . |
| 27 | The first possibility is that the bureaucracy is responsive primarily to itself — that is to its own interests and priorities . |
| 28 | The first perspective is that the purpose of the rent review is to revalue the original bargain between the parties in the light of changes in the value of money and of the property . |
| 29 | ‘ The first impression is that the flora is vastly over-modelled . |