Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] first [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 | There inside the den was the first of the cubs . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | houseman and Gwenellen 's fiancé , was the first of the surgeons to arrive in Marcus for his night round . |
| 6 | That was the first of the combines . |