Example sentences of "first [is] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is whether the union will be almost exclusively monetary , with the EC central banking system being closely modelled on the narrow counter-inflationary objectives of the largely non-accountable Bundesbank , and with other economic objectives left exclusively in national hands . |
| 2 | The first is whether ownership of the national track should be split off from the running of services , as recommended by Kenneth Irvine of the Adam Smith Institute . |
| 3 | The first is whether counsellees recognizes their drinking to be a problem . |
| 4 | The first is whether it is possible to agree upon a generic curriculum , based on a set of headings or topics , which may be treated quite differently by those in different disciplines ( e.g. typographers , computer scientists ) . |
| 5 | The first is whether we tend to accept too readily the veracity and accuracy of media reports . |
| 6 | The first is whether we should study behaviour as behaviour , in the way that ethologists do , or study behaviour as a reflection of underlying psychological processes , as cognitive psychologists tend to do . |
| 7 | The first is whether in construing ambiguous or obscure statutory provisions your Lordships should relax the historic rule that the courts must not look at the Parliamentary history of legislation or Hansard for the purpose of construing such legislation . |
| 8 | The first is whether the barrage should be given funds , and the second is whether , if someone else 's money and ideas were involved , the development should be given permission to proceed . |
| 9 | The first is whether s48(2) ( g ) modifies the common law duties of firms towards private investors . |
| 10 | The first is that the wind tends to lift the upwind wing-tip and the second is that the glider tends to weathercock into the wind . |
| 11 | The first is that there is no need to follow slavishly the whole procedure for each offence . |
| 12 | The first is that the opponent 's punch need miss only by the smallest amount . |
| 13 | The first is that you must be the correct distance from your opponent ; that is at his closest kicking range ( any closer and he wo n't kick at all ) . |
| 14 | The first is that the needles act to stimulate the nerves , causing the brain to produce endomorphins . |
| 15 | The first is that it will be harder for the Tories to portray Labour as a party gripped by extremism . |
| 16 | The first is that there are no Alps like the Swiss Alps . |
| 17 | The first is that insofar as people continue to believe the figures , the Government derives an unfair advantage . |
| 18 | The first is that the Prime Minister has always said she regards the fight against inflation as paramount . |
| 19 | The first is that both Labour and the Conservatives emerge more or less united — the former striking an attacking pose in the foreground , the latter stoutly closing defensive ranks behind . |
| 20 | The first is that the US ski areas are no match in scale or mountain drama for those of the Alps . |
| 21 | The first is that Luftwaffe defences became better , too , and that caused a high price to be paid in terms of casualties . |
| 22 | The first is that the policies have largely been implemented as intended and that they are bearing fruit . |
| 23 | The first is that , contrary to what is implied in Harold Nicolson 's biography , Sir Herbert Samuel , who saw the King shortly after noon , was not the first to make the suggestion that there should be a National Government : the first suggestion came from the King himself . |
| 24 | The first is that the possibility of a revolution occurring in a country where capitalism was poorly developed made him aware of the problem of setting up too rigid a sequence for human evolution . |
| 25 | The first is that it shows well the distinction Engels makes between general principles — in this case the dissolution of communal organization and the rise of class — and specific cases . |
| 26 | The first is that the history of the Kalahari Bushmen is just as long as those of technologically more advanced people of today , and so they are not representative of an ‘ earlier period ’ in the history of mankind . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The first is that no one and no book can teach us to pray . |
| 29 | ‘ I would make two points : the first is that a lot of very small-scale activity does achieve results . |
| 30 | The first is that there is in the developed world a new culture of environmental awareness . |