Example sentences of "[adv] the [num ord] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the first thing to realise is that learning is not a linear business . |
| 2 | Perhaps the first thing we can note about all three departments is the formality of the relationship between students and staff : a formality which is reflected in the teaching methods . |
| 3 | So perhaps the first thing to say is that , as with the story , there is a considerable art of the pacing of humour . |
| 4 | Perhaps the first thing to realise is that not all page printers use laser beams ; there are many other successful technologies including LED arrays , LCD shutters , ink-jet , magneto-deposition and ion-deposition . |
| 5 | Perhaps the first thing that strikes us as we come to the Old Testament is the tremendous emphasis on the Spirit of God as a violent , invading force . |
| 6 | Perhaps the first thing that he will tell us is whether his hon. Friend cleared that article with him in advance . |
| 7 | So perhaps the first thing about that continuum is that none of them are right or wrong we all dis-represent the ways of behaving and it 's very much a personal choice which one will use at one stage . |
| 8 | Obviously the first thing to do is to deal with the family 's emotional problem as well as your own . |
| 9 | So the first thing I did was to spend ten years with the Royal Shakespeare Company ! |
| 10 | So the first thing I said was , ‘ You do n't have to talk to me . |
| 11 | So the first thing I did was distil it down to seven pages of figures accompanied by seven pages of narrative , designed to make sure that the board was properly informed . |
| 12 | So the first thing you must do is get a different message across . |
| 13 | So the first thing an owl will do when you release it is to scout out the land . |
| 14 | So the first thing you 're always gon na think about is position . |
| 15 | So the first thing is what what 's the first thing you do ? |
| 16 | Okay so the first thing to go in which is pretty obvious . |
| 17 | So the first thing you do is turn off your gas . |
| 18 | ‘ But it is mite dung that people become allergic to , and so the first thing to get rid of is the dung . |
| 19 | Right so the first thing we , as a crime prevention officer , we , well I look at anyway , is surrounding areas of a house that ca n't be seen from the road . |
| 20 | You 've got two six ohms , a twelve ohm and a ten ohm , and twelve volts there , so the first thing . |
| 21 | So the first thing , is it a function , the first thing , and then two , if it is , is it many-one or one-one ? |
| 22 | So the first thing that happens is data gets er , imported into the spreadsheet here , and second thing that could happen is er , the unwanted records get deleted . |
| 23 | So the first thing you 'd expect on just by the false but enormously appealing principle that the world is simple and elegant , is there is just one level of structure there . |
| 24 | And very quickly talking about it amongst the staff and er the other committees it would seem that it ought to have a far broader remit than just on the racing side so the first thing that I 'd like to emphasise is that this year of youth sailing is involves all the outgoing grass roots divisions of the R Y A , that is windsurfing , racing , training and the development divisions and the regions and the clubs and the recognized teaching establishments , so it really is an all encompassing er er scheme . |
| 25 | So the first thing we do is to change hands , that 's good , push , wait change sides , straighten up the tiller , look where you 're going that 's fine . |
| 26 | So the first thing we do is to change hands , then push , wait until the boom comes across and change sides and straighten up . |
| 27 | I mean , sorry , week er thirteen that er base six had been poured and therefore so the first thing we did was to get base six as soon as possible . |
| 28 | I said , well the important thing is Jan if you are like this you obviously did n't like , there 's no way I 'm going to meet her you 're obviously thinking it over I said so the first thing you 've got ta do is turn up on Monday and meet her cos erm , then well you 'll know . |
| 29 | Right so the first thing you do if we 're dealing with a hundred and fifty . |
| 30 | So although this is fifty pence when you show it on here the fir so the first thing we 've got to do is change this fifty pence to get away from fifty pence or thirty pence or twenty and change it into a fraction . |