31.   The first is that it preserves a clear field of fire for my missile troops.

32.   The first is that it will be harder for the Tories to portray Labour as a party gripped by extremism.

33.   The first is that most airlines, however modest, like to think of themselves as providers of comfort, even luxury.

34.   The first is that students are adults, and enrol and attend their courses voluntarily.

35.   The first is that the policies have largely been implemented as intended and that they are bearing fruit.

36.   The first is that the Prime Minister has always said she regards the fight against inflation as paramount.

37.   The first is that the risk of insolvency diminishes with increased size.

38.   The first is that there are no systematic entailments between sentences differing only in respect of compatibles in parallel syntactic positions.