Example sentences of "was [art] [num ord] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 There inside the den was the first of the cubs .
2 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 .
3 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 ) .
4 houseman and Gwenellen 's fiancé , was the first of the surgeons to arrive in Marcus for his night round .
5 That was the first of the combines .
6 Assumption C , ‘ the maintenance of employment and the prevention of mass unemployment ’ , was the third of the Assumptions in his report .
7 The final yesterday was the last under the auspices of the Men 's Tennis Council , which had controlled the Grand Prix circuit since 1970 .
8 Gorias was the last of the Cities to fall , and even mortals remember it .
9 He was the last of the Americans loyal to the city when New York was assuming its predominant role in the contemporary art world .
10 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 .
11 It was the last of the cigarettes .
12 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 .
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