The phrase "the file of" is a perfectly correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
For example, you could say "The file of patient records had gone missing".
But the file of deletions is growing.
The local authorities' first response was to check through the file of missing persons.
"The taboo on opening the file of Jerusalem has vanished," he said.
The file of compliments paid her by Cyril Connolly is horribly unrevealing: charming, intelligent, independent.
The secretary at the archive said, 'You think you're getting the file of someone who was spied on, don't you?
A man emerged from the twilit road, stepping neatly to allow the file of monkeys to pass by.
But when the file of unread articles outgrew its file cabinet, I had to come to terms with it all.
From the file of "unexpected," the third-string nose tackle Steve McLendon had a terrific game.
You don't recall requesting to personally see the file of Father John J. Geoghan? A. That's -- I did not do that.
About January 1999, he put a critical letter in the file of one veteran principal, Milton Strong of Intermediate School 166.
It read, in part: **{:.break one} ** I, Roozbeh Mirebrahimi, have been one of the accused in connection with the file of Internet sites...
