Example sentences of "among the oldest " in BNC.
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| 1 | The photogenic windmill standing on a knoll at the north-west side of the village is a post mill dating from around 1680 , and is among the oldest in England . |
| 2 | The civilization of China is among the oldest in the world , and China has throughout Japan 's history been the largest and most powerful of her Asian neighbours . |
| 3 | And bacteria , besides being the simplest form of life we know , are also among the oldest fossils we have discovered . |
| 4 | ‘ United we stand , divided we fall ’ is among the oldest of political maxims . |
| 5 | Why was this early-1960s generation of older women , the youngest survivors of whom are , in the early 1990s , among the oldest within the current ‘ very elderly ’ female population , so under-represented among those with an employer 's pension ? |
| 6 | The Honours of Scotland are the oldest Crown Jewels in the British Isles and among the oldest in Europe . |
| 7 | They date from the reigns of King James IV and King James V ( 1488 – 1542 ) and are the oldest Royal Regalia in the British Isles and among the oldest in Europe . |
| 8 | You ken it 's Well among the oldest houses on the island . |
| 9 | Compared with peptic ulcer , these diseases are rare and not particularly prevalent among the oldest in the population . |
| 10 | BTS houses were found predominantly among the oldest houses . |