Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [num ord] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As shown in Figure 4 , the thecodontians were the first of the archosaurs , the group that also includes the pterosaurs , crocodiles and the dinosaurs . |
| 2 | The Franks were the last of the invaders of Gaul , although ultimately they were the most successful . |
| 3 | There inside the den was the first of the cubs . |
| 4 | Colman 's regiment was the first of the territorials to serve with the regular army in France after the outbreak of World War I , and he was severely wounded by shrapnel in the leg , acquiring the limp which he was to spend much of the remainder of his life and career attempting , often in considerable pain , to conceal from audiences and cameras alike . |
| 5 | The collaboration was then inaugurated at Marble Hill , Twickenham ( 1724–9 ) , which was the first of the buildings credited to Lord Herbert , and it was continued at most , if not all , of his subsequent works — including amongst others the White Lodge , Richmond Park ( 1727–8 ) for King George II and the Palladian bridge at his own seat of Wilton House , Wiltshire ( 1736–7 ) . |
| 6 | houseman and Gwenellen 's fiancé , was the first of the surgeons to arrive in Marcus for his night round . |
| 7 | That was the first of the combines . |
| 8 | Assumption C , ‘ the maintenance of employment and the prevention of mass unemployment ’ , was the third of the Assumptions in his report . |
| 9 | The final yesterday was the last under the auspices of the Men 's Tennis Council , which had controlled the Grand Prix circuit since 1970 . |
| 10 | Gorias was the last of the Cities to fall , and even mortals remember it . |
| 11 | He was the last of the Americans loyal to the city when New York was assuming its predominant role in the contemporary art world . |
| 12 | In France itself the Valois family had good dynastic reasons for wishing to see Isabella removed from France and embroiled in English domestic politics : Charles IV was the last of the Capetians in the direct male line , and the question of Isabella 's title to the throne , or her right to pass the title to her son , might soon arise . |
| 13 | It was the last of the cigarettes . |
| 14 | He was the last of the brothers ; whether or not he had any part in their deaths he could be the key to a clearer understanding of the two who had died . |