Example sentences of "the first thing a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To women , entering the trade without undergoing any of the initiation rites , excluded from the union , the whole business of fat and lean — one of the first things a boy apprentice would learn about — can have meant little . |
| 2 | One of the first things an infant elephant has to discover is how to use its trunk . |
| 3 | The first thing a Minister in charge of a department sponsoring a Bill has to do is negotiate time from the Leader of the House for his Bill . |
| 4 | The first thing a Minister has to do , then , is negotiate for time with the Leader of the House . |
| 5 | You ca n't ignore it it 's the first thing a buyer will , a buyer 's survey will pick up , especially as it was mentioned in our survey |
| 6 | The first thing a gardener 's got to have is an interest in the job , and he 's got to be motivated to do it . |
| 7 | If you produce a proposal , the first thing a lot of British engineers will do is tell you what 's wrong with it . |
| 8 | Apart from the shining neon power switch and the Slave function already discussed , the Behringer will sit quietly in your rack , floating in a sea of general blackness , and probably wo n't be the first thing a visitor to your studio comments upon . |
| 9 | Approaching Lothern the first thing a mariner sees is the Glittering Tower , a great lighthouse filled with thousands of lamps , situated on a rocky isle in the mouth of the treacherous waters of the Straits of Lothern . |
| 10 | The first thing a refugee child learns is the name of his or her home village in Palestine . |
| 11 | So the first thing an owl will do when you release it is to scout out the land . |