Example sentences of "first is that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would make two points : the first is that a lot of very small-scale activity does achieve results . |
| 2 | The first is that a curriculum is not a plan but an experience , not a script but a play . |
| 3 | The first is that a word is typically the smallest element of a sentence which has positional mobility — that is , the smallest that can be moved around without destroying the grammaticality of the sentence ( ignoring any semantic effects ) : |
| 4 | The first is that a human observer has more or less direct access to some properties of the external world insofar as those properties are recorded by the brain in the act of seeing . |
| 5 | The first is that a clause will be implied if it is necessary for the " business efficacy " of the contract , and would have been accepted at once by both parties when making the contract : The Moorcock ( 1889 ) 14 PD 64 at 68 . |
| 6 | The first is that an advertisement is , at least in some sense , an artistic creation : people 's judgements of art are virtually always subjective , and vary widely from person to person . |
| 7 | The first is that an understanding of the history of the Association promises to yield an interesting perspective on the wider process of town and country planning since the Second World War . |