Example sentences of "[art] first of a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gestured towards the first of a long row of recuperation pods , where Christine LaFayette 's face was visible through a clear plastic window . |
| 2 | Phil was the first of a long list of people to tackle this challenge — abseiling down the 170 feet of the electrical engineering tower . |
| 3 | But in 1984 , Arthur succumbed to an obscure lung complaint that almost killed him , the first of a long list of lay-offs throughout his career . |
| 4 | He is the first of a long line of distinguished French portrait sculptors . |
| 5 | In vitro fertilisation is only the first of a long line of reproductive technologies which may be developed in the future . |
| 6 | Palafox and Romana are thus the first of a long succession of generals who claimed that the army officers embodied the general will of the nation , perverted by a selfish clique of unpopular politicians . |