Example sentences of "latest [prep] a long [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 She was the latest of a long line of girlfriends , drawn for the most part from the upper reaches of the aristocracy , who had appeared on his romantic horizon .
2 The argument for the adoption of national spatial policies was persuasive , the latest of a long line of advocacy for a programme of urban rebuilding which would consciously reconstruct older areas to different patterns .
3 The latest in a long history of skirmishes in the palaeontological world has blown up into what one particularly bad press release describes as ‘ one of the nastiest personal and professional feuds in all of science ’ .
4 Now the family 's fears had been proved groundless , the bungled pay-off could be dismissed as just another example of clumsy incompetence on the part of the police , the latest in a long list of blunders .
5 Although the most comprehensive , this was only the latest in a long series of hard-hitting reports on Indian prisons , most of which echoed familiar themes .
6 Although the mechanism of accumulation of the humbled bones presents a puzzle , the discoveries of the latest in a long series of excavations by Spanish workers , reported on page 534 of this issue , seem not only to have settled the question of the affinities of the Atapeuerca hominids , but also promise to clarify our understanding of the evolution of humans in Europe .
7 This Glasgow Hamlet is the latest in a long line of impersonations , and his soliloquies are the novel he inhabits , or most of it .
8 Latest in a long line of internal frame alpine packs from Lowe , the Alpamayo has an easy-to-use stepless and lockable Wedge Adjustment back systems which makes achieving a good fit simple .
9 Missing the April 1 deadline was the latest in a long line of opportunities wasted and challenges deferred .
10 His latest in a long line of thrillers , As the Crow Flies ( Hodder and Stoughton , £14.99 ) , is published this month .
11 Clint has just met one of The Boys , the latest in a long line of piss-poor pre-pubescent Motown acts that the company hopes will be the new Jacksons .
12 The Escale , the latest in a long line of successful and stylish models from Prout Catamarans , incorporates the latest thinking in hull , keel and rig designs .
13 PAUL Rideout goes into a Sky TV shoot-out with Graeme Sharp at Boundary Park tomorrow , anxious to prove he can be the latest in a long line of great Everton centre-forwards .
14 ‘ The Wig ’ , available in , believe it or not , a ‘ Syrup Mix ’ ( Wig — syrup of figs — Non-Cockney Ed ) as well as a straightforward ragga version and an appealing ‘ Chaos Mix ’ , is the latest in a long line of sizzlers ( ‘ Heat ’ , ‘ Dem No Wicked Like Me ’ , ‘ Breeze ’ etc ) from General Levy , who is probably Britain 's best reggae-rapper .
15 Cover Girl Poker ) or should that be poke her ? ) is the latest in a long line of attempted trouser-arousers to appear on the C64 .
16 Either way , it seemed to be the latest in a long line of crass decisions .
17 He was the latest in a long line of seasoned golfers to contract the yips and as a direct result slumped to 51st place on the Order of Merit .
18 This last-minute change of dates is only the latest in a long line of difficulties we 've had to overcome . ’
19 ‘ Break Into Windows ’ by Bill Stott and Mark Brearley is the latest in a long line of different guides to using Windows 3.1 .
20 The Bill is the latest in a long line of measures to protect society from criminals and to improve the penal system .
21 In an atmosphere of such buoyancy the dealers are obliged to cut margins and try to survive competition from the opportunists for whom the fax boom is simply the latest in a long line of nice little short-term earners , such as double-glazing and car phones .
22 Flakey Dove is the grandaughter the latest in a long line of local champions
23 The TR6 was launched in 1969 as the latest in a long line of successful Triumph sportscars .
24 The TR6 was launched in 1969 as the latest in a long line of successful Triumph sportscars .
25 BROWN & Jackson , which operates the Poundstretcher chain of stores , today became the latest in a long line of companies to ask shareholders for cash .
26 The failed coup was the latest in a long sequence of clashes between the rival Khalq ( " Masses " ) and Parcham ( " Banner " ) factions of the ruling People 's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ( PDPA ) .
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