Example sentences of "first [is] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is that it maintain a monopoly of economic power . |
| 2 | The first is that it says nothing about W-cells . |
| 3 | The first is that it preserves a clear field of fire for my missile troops . |
| 4 | The first is that it consists in visual imagery . |
| 5 | The first is that it turned out , political intentions notwithstanding , that the officers of the NCC saw in the National Curriculum a way to ensure that all pupils would share a common curriculum , a goal they already espoused , and that the DES found it unexceptionable to present the National Curriculum in this way . |
| 6 | The first is that it introduces more subjectivity into the accounts . |
| 7 | 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 . |