Example sentences of "[verb] that [art] [num ord] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suggest that the first thing is erm comments on what recommendation you will be thinking of making to the church in regard to the visit of er Mr and Mrs . |
| 2 | Benn promised that the first thing he would do when returning home would be to go straight to see Michael Watson . |
| 3 | I was interested to see that the first thing for which the Cambodians and Vietnamese asked — even before getting rid of mines in Cambodia — was English language training . |
| 4 | She went up the narrow stone stairs with infinite care , reflecting that the last thing she needed was to slip and sprain something , and peered cautiously around her . |
| 5 | I was told that the last thing a parish priest coming in would want would be to take place before he |
| 6 | It could be asked what is disappointing about Harlow , and I suppose that the first thing that strikes one is the design fault so far is the road work , the road network is concerned and er , and the inadequacy of the road , for roads for modern traffic . |
| 7 | I note that the first thing that the Labour party would do in my Department , if it came to power , would be to change the name of MAFF to FAFF . |
| 8 | But I think , but I do think it does mean that the first thing we say is that the work is more important than some of , maybe some of the , the nicer to have three year projects at the moment . |
| 9 | She thought that the first thing she would do when she earned some money would be to buy a house or a caravan like they had in Turpin 's Field , so that whatever happened they could all be together , safe for ever and ever . |
| 10 | I think that the first thing that one would have to say is that we work for the Ministry of Defence , and not the Ministry of War and therefore we are about defence , we 're about the maintenance of peace , erm this you know maintaining of justice etc etc . |
| 11 | The leading authorities of the day — English , foreign and American — all agree that the first thing to establish in life is regularity of habits . |
| 12 | Does not my right hon. Friend agree that the last thing that business needs is for business rates to be brought back under the control of uncapped , loony Labour authorities who will send rates sky rocketing , as they did during the early 1980s ? |
| 13 | Not only does this mean that science is handled by a senior member of the Canadian cabinet — a tax lawyer who once said that the last thing that Canada needs is more tax lawyers — but also it means that science and technology are seen as a part of the process of economic development . |
| 14 | Julia was horrified , thinking that the last thing David 's mother would want to hear just then would be about another woman 's wish to be with her husband . |
| 15 | Annabel did let slip that the first thing she had done when she packed up tennis as a career was to lose weight . |
| 16 | In his 1980 study , Porter argues that the first thing for a firm to understand is the structure of the industry or market in which it operates . |
| 17 | ‘ I seem to recall hearing you say that the last thing you needed was a husband-hunting female who thinks this is some sort of pleasure cruise . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , the Scottish internationalist conceded that the last thing young Thomas lacked was self-belief . |
| 19 | It seemed a very strange perception , since everybody knows that the first thing such people did following privatisation was to double , and even treble , the already generous salaries of themselves and their colleagues . |