Example sentences of "the first [is] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is that many important aspects of language processing occur in units that are larger than the single sentence . |
| 2 | The first is that all judges are ‘ conservative ’ to one degree or another ; they have to be . |
| 3 | The first is that three nuns from the same order work in the largest of the villages , Kormakiti , and so we provide a useful link . |
| 4 | The first is that both parties to the contract carry on business in a Contracting State ; the second , that rules of private international law lead to the application of the law of a Contracting State . |
| 5 | The first is that later texts suggest that the modus might be enforced directly . |
| 6 | The first is that these contexts offer an inequality of educational opportunity even more striking than that evident ( and so commonly deplored ) between the primary schools themselves . |
| 7 | The first is that some 600,000 debt cases ( that is , all types of unpaid debt , including rent and fuel bills as well as unmet credit obligations ) have had to be settled in court each year : that 's one for every 30 families or so . |
| 8 | The first is that some cricketers have been cheating for years in a most blatant manner . |
| 9 | There are two drawbacks — the first is that this approach is inappropriate if quick decisions have to be made . |
| 10 | The first is that this is a gap which must be filled by reference to the applicable law under general conflict-of-laws rules . |
| 11 | The first is that this opportunity will never come again . |