the first of whose vs the first ones of whose

Both phrases are not directly comparable as they serve different purposes. 'The first of whose' is a correct construction used to indicate possession or association with the first in a group, while 'the first ones of whose' is not a common or correct phrase in English.

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the first of whose

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate possession or association with the first in a group.

This phrase is used to show that something belongs to or is associated with the first person or thing in a group.

Examples:

He is the first of whose children to graduate from college.
She is the first of whose friends to arrive at the party.

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She suffered from phantom pregnancies like Mary the First of England, whose Portrait with a Parrot was pasted on Agostina's bathroom mirror.
Select the first of two lengths whose ratio is the factor of the scaling...
First of the Fates, whose province is the past.
Yes, and the first whose patients are all dead.
First of all, would she agree with me that consumer information and sweeps and her work have been dramatically increased during her tenure as the first Commissioner whose responsibility focused specifically on consumers?
Let them be first whose hands have drawn the water.
The first improvement concerns airlines whose business is based exclusively on night-time operations.
Apparently, I'm the first person whose life was saved from choking on a reality show.
It has no need to, because it is the first generation whose existence revolves solely around the Internet and the mobile phone.
Come on, I really want to be the first fake aunt whose name you say.
Bus 87 was the work of the first cell... whose remaining elements, we believe, the FBI took down.
He was one of the first five judges whose appointments were agreed at the national Round Table held in Hungary in 1989, when that country and others found their freedom.
Accordingly, Greece will become the first Member State on whose territory the Olympic games will be held since the frontier-free Schengen area was integrated into the Union framework.
There are first graders whose moms don't walk them all the way to the front door.
Do you really think that you're the first kid Whose father didn't think he was good enough
I'm a widower whose first son died tragically.
This solution would also offer the undeniable advantage of benefiting all the European candidate countries whose first foreign language is French, German or English.
No, I understand that, but because of C. diff and infections, I want to first positively identify whose it is.
A children whose first impressions of the world around him... were fear, bombings, war...
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we are talking today about a Reconstruction Agency for South-East Europe whose first operational Agency is to be opened in Pristina, Kosovo.

the first ones of whose

This phrase is not a common or correct construction in English. It is better to use 'the first of whose' to convey the intended meaning.

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He built the first one of these.
I'll write the first one of course.
This is one of the first ones we did.
One of the first ones we found.
The first one of you to break a window next door gets 100 bucks.
She was one of the first ones.
The first one of you moves, I shoot.
I had the first one of those, and it blew up in my face.
It's one of the first ones Gilbert made.
This option determines which day will be considered as the first one of the week.
You can both stay here, but the first one of you who's not nice to the other is out.
You know, I think you're the first one to ever get one of these things taken off early for good behavior.
Good, then the first one of you to accurately describe the condition will scrub in.
You are the first one of us to ever even have a child.
The first one of us to get his stripes.
And I will slap the first one of you that starts crying.
The winner will be the first one of you...
I never expected you to be the first one of usto move on.
Even so, Radar was the first one of us to get a serious girlfriend.
It's the first one of our things that she's outgrown.

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the first of whose vs the first ones of whose