Example sentences of "first [prep] a long line " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is the first of a long line of distinguished French portrait sculptors . |
| 2 | Mike Gatting , first of a long line of England captains in 1988 . |
| 3 | In vitro fertilisation is only the first of a long line of reproductive technologies which may be developed in the future . |
| 4 | This became the first in a long line of medieval whodunnits featuring an unusual detective , a 12th-century Benedictine monk named Brother Cadfael : when he is n't tending his herb garden , Cadfael is using his knowledge to solve a seemingly endless series of murders and mysterious disappearances . |
| 5 | Charlemagne was succeeded in 814 by his son Louis the Pious ( Louis I of France ) , the first in a long line of French kings to be crowned at Reims . |
| 6 | It was to be the first in a long line of pay battles that would give her a reputation for being one of the toughest negotiators in the business . |