Example sentences of "so the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I assume that most fishkeepers aim to have their fish live as long and grow as large as possible , so the first consideration is a large tank . |
| 2 | Just as the third principle , which rejected the idea that God is an object ‘ outside ’ the universe , clarified what we mean by ‘ transcendence ’ , so the first principle clarifies what we mean by ‘ immanence ’ . |
| 3 | Jumping out of an aircraft is a nervy business at the best of times , so the first jump of a new season can be a jittery time , especially when you 're the elite RAF Falcons . |
| 4 | PPC : We 'd estimate that 99% of shareware authors include their own address in the documentation somewhere , and many also include an order form , so the first point of contact is usually plain to see . |
| 5 | We married because I was pregnant , so the first years of our marriage were spent in a whirlwind of babies and evening jobs to earn extra money . |
| 6 | The oak will certainly be removing many nutrients from the soil so the first thing you should do is dig the area over well and incorporate plenty of organic matter such as well-rotted manure , garden compost , leaf mould or peat . |
| 7 | We had already disconnected the water supply , so the first thing was to empty the cistern by flushing , and then remove the flush pipe from the flush pipe horn by folding back the rubber gasket and unscrewing the joint at the cistern . |
| 8 | I 'd read on the back of a record about open tunings , so the first thing I did was follow Elmore James and tune to D. |
| 9 | She 'd be very antagonistic when I was putting the jesses on , so the first thing she would do when I picked her up was pull at her feet and try to work herself loose . |
| 10 | She had always lived in a town , with a street light shining outside the window , so the first thing she hastened to buy was a chair on which to place a candle , beside her bed . |
| 11 | I had a back pocket full of readies as I planned on doing some Christmas shopping while up West and I had no intention of joining the Christmas Eve rush to the lingerie departments of the big stores , so the first thing was to get away from the temptation of the HMV shop . |
| 12 | Numerous archaeological sites are already known and have been recorded ( although often not investigated in any detail ) , so the first task is to find out what these sites are . |
| 13 | He has also had problems with soft ground , so the first phase , the removal of a small number of trees , will probably be delayed another week or two . |
| 14 | I was already enough of an expert to recognise it — people had begun to give me books about birds of prey , so the first time I heard this sorrowful sound I searched through my books until I found out what it was . |
| 15 | Yes , for many charge distributions of practical interest the net charge is zero , so the first term disappears and the second term acquires significance . |