Example sentences of "first [noun] [is] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our first rule is that all raw materials must be from a known and identifiable source . |
| 2 | The first result is that complementary assets should be owned by a single firm . |
| 3 | So , the first requirement is that older workers should be included in the drive for a more skilled workforce . |
| 4 | If the first caveat is that these processes are at a relatively embryonic state , the second caveat is that such movements towards greater institutional self-reflection are liable to be arbitrarily arrested by external pressures . |
| 5 | One 's first thought is that this apparent contradiction arises from the confusion of Molla Fenari with his elder son , Mehmed Sah , whose death is assigned in several of the extant chronological lists to the years 840/1436–7 or 839/1435–6 . |
| 6 | The first assumption is that each cell can accommodate only a single reach or segment of a stream , and the stream can therefore move through each cell only once . |
| 7 | The first problem is that many young doctors do not get an adequate training . |
| 8 | The first possibility is that such an increase in productive capacity is not undertaken . |