Example sentences of "first point [verb] is [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The first point to emphasise is that there is very little disagreement amongst any of the theorists outlined here about what it is that is to be analysed .
2 The first point to emerge is that W-cells are not a homogeneous class .
3 The first point to recognise is that there is as much debate within Marxism as there is between Marxists and non-Marxists as to the exact meaning and location of power .
4 The first point to note is that , since the initial waves are impulsive , the interiors of both regions I and II are flat .
5 The first point to note is that we in the UK import more walnuts ( and Brazils ) in the shell than out .
6 The first point to note is that since the weights are revised every January , the index for April 1985 is calculated first of all using January 1985 as the base period .
7 The first point to note is that no-one has a convincing explanation for the existence of W-cells .
8 The first point to note is that , unlike sustainability and contestability , subadditivity and contestability are not necessarily linked .
9 The first point to note is that aIthough the service sector overall has expanded , some service industries have actually lost jobs over this period .
10 The first point to note is that sending someone a contract of employment does not involve any re-formatting of text .
11 The first point to note is that you need to have your spreadsheet open in a resizable window — in Windows 3.1 simply pressing Alt-Enter will toggle between a full size and a resizable window ; in Windows 3.0 you have to minimise the application , then use its Control menu to change the display options in the settings menu to be window rather than full screen .
12 The first point to note is that , whatever their growth rates , all firms generate the same total rate of return on assets of 15 per cent , and that this is the same as the cost of capital or discount rate .
13 The first point to make is that this is the same book as originally published in 1974 and retrospectively numbered ‘ 36 ’ in the series — we feel this should have been made clear by titling it ‘ Revised Edition ’ in the style previously followed .
14 The first point to make is that the term " natural monopoly " could bear two interpretations .
15 Concerning the question of how emoluments should differ , the first point to make is that the reward structure in public industries should not ape that in the private sector .
16 The first point to make is that because all the possible histories for the universe are finite in extent , any quantity that one uses as a measure of time will have a greatest and a least value .
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