Example sentences of "thing [to-vb] [is] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The first thing to realize is that it must consist in categorical imperatives , which are to be distinguished from hypothetical imperatives .
2 The most important thing to emphasise is that , regardless of the attitude of the glider , if it is not responding to moving back on the stick or if the stick is hitting the back stop , a forward movement must be made to allow the glider to unstall .
3 The first thing to observe is that no genuine Hooray ever moves his upper lip while talking .
4 ‘ The first thing to remember is that 99 per cent of the people you come into contact with are people whom you do n't have to worry about at all .
5 The important thing to remember is that it does n't matter in the slightest what this garment looks like , as long as it boasts practicality and water-resistant qualitites .
6 Then Arthur Miller added : ‘ The thing to remember is that it has not gone away for ever . ’
7 Well , the first thing to remember is that things are n't half as bad as you think , so do n't panic !
8 ‘ The first thing to remember is that things are n't as bad as you think , so do n't panic ’
9 The first thing to remember is that if we speak in terms of ‘ I ’ and ‘ me ’ , rather than ‘ you ’ , we run less danger of erecting barriers on the other side .
10 The most important thing to remember is that a foal should get adequate colostrum from the mare in the first four to eight hours of life .
11 The important thing to remember is that we should all be seeking to eat more of the right kinds of food ( foods with health and nutritional properties ) rather than seeking to fit in with someone else 's ideal consumer .
12 The main thing to remember is that the heart is simply a pump : the less work it has to do ( the less beats it makes ) , the longer it is going to last .
13 The important thing to remember is that wherever we find a minor 7th chord in any key ( major or minor ) we also have a minor pentatonic scale .
14 The first thing to remember is that the England and Wales of 1700 has a total population of only five and a half million people .
15 The important thing to remember is that you control your attitude .
16 The other thing to remember is that when you are caught in that fearful quiet , that sense of the hopelessness of ever writing again , then any commission , any writing task set by another person , is a lifesaver .
17 The first thing to remember is that you have not necessarily lost your place even if you have n't quite made the grades required .
18 The other thing to remember is that women who have sex with women may be at risk of HIV infection if they share needles or syringes to inject drugs , or use semen that has not been tested for HIV if they want to get pregnant through self-insemination .
19 An important thing to remember is that it is very hard to get HIV .
20 The next thing to remember is that fish are live animals and you are not allowed to take them in the cabin of the aircraft .
21 The other thing to remember is that Mobs already engaged in hand-to-hand combat are not affected by Animosity and ca n't be attacked by another Mob that fails its Animosity test .
22 The chief thing to remember is that all these soups — unless otherwise specified — must be made with plain water .
23 The thing to remember is that the client pays your salary and that makes you primarily responsible for the relationship .
24 The point is I think that the prime thing to remember is that the the the the s the customers in the coffee rooms are not necessarily customers in the cinema .
25 The other thing to remember is that you can damage your discs by inserting them before switching the computer on , or for that matter by leaving them in while you switch it off .
26 The first thing to remember is that you are a student- that is , one who studies .
27 But the thing to remember is that this quality of form exists and that , whether readers acknowledge it or not , a marked shape or form , as in the " nursery rhyme " books of Agatha Christie , considerably adds to their pleasure .
28 ‘ Now , ’ he whispered confidentially , ‘ the thing to remember is that the Greek Orthodox priest is the one on the left with the beard , ’ and with that flung me determinedly into my seat .
29 The most important thing to remember is that every idea , comment or observation must be supported by facts or reasons .
30 But the important thing to remember is that a map is a flat plan of an area — a sort of bird 's eye view made into a diagram .
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