Example sentences of "first [noun sg] [to-vb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very first decision to make is what core units to include in your army . |
| 2 | The first case to consider is D. 32.95 of Maecianus . |
| 3 | The first case to consider is that in which , in many relatively early societies , an artist of a certain kind — often in fact a poet — was officially recognized as part of the central social organization itself . |
| 4 | When a Type 2 patient requires insulin , perhaps the first question to ask is ‘ One or two injections a day ? ’ |
| 5 | The first question to ask is how much time does it want to spend on music overall ? |
| 6 | Because I think the first question to ask is , just what is this all about ? |
| 7 | Now the first question to consider is whether the biblical writers intended their words to be taken as history or as myth . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The first point to emerge is that W-cells are not a homogeneous class . |
| 10 | The first point to consider is the number of shots which need to be taken . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The first point to note is that , since the initial waves are impulsive , the interiors of both regions I and II are flat . |
| 13 | The first point to note is that we in the UK import more walnuts ( and Brazils ) in the shell than out . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The first point to note is that no-one has a convincing explanation for the existence of W-cells . |
| 16 | Here , the first point to note is their mutual influence . |
| 17 | The first point to note is that , unlike sustainability and contestability , subadditivity and contestability are not necessarily linked . |
| 18 | The first point to note is that aIthough the service sector overall has expanded , some service industries have actually lost jobs over this period . |
| 19 | The first point to note is that sending someone a contract of employment does not involve any re-formatting of text . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The first point to note is that management should retain the majority by reference to nominal value of Newco 's issued share capital , after the institutions have invested , so that notwithstanding the equity investment by the institutions , management retains control of Newco within the meaning of s416(2) ( a ) . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The first point to make is that the term " natural monopoly " could bear two interpretations . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The first point to make is that Joint Planning is happening at very different rates and in very different ways across Scotland . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The first point to make is that dividend policy and share valuation take place under conditions of uncertainty . |
| 29 | I think the first point to make is erm that schools , and particularly community colleges , are now very complicated places , and it would be quite wrong for a head of an establishment like that to think of himself as an academic in an ivory tower , because if he did erm the organisation would become entangled , the money would run out , and in fact he would n't have the kind of institution he wants . |
| 30 | I mean eventually of course if somebody is dissatisfied , and they do n't believe that they 're getting er what they want , then they may well end up speaking to me , or writing to me , but er it 's the first place to start is with the individual service . |