Example sentences of "[adj] were among the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following were among the names in the new year honours list : |
| 2 | The following were among the more prominent : Hrvatski Demokratski Blok ( HDB — Croat Democratic Bloc ) ; Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica ( HDZ — Croatian Democratic Union , Slavko Degoricija pres . ) ; |
| 3 | The following were among the findings reported at a conference in Anchorage , Alaska : — brain damage in seals similar to that found in people who die from solvent abuse ; this would have disoriented the animals and affected basic physiological functions like breathing ; it is suspected that many seals drowned , but because dead seals sink an accurate assessment of deaths has not been possible ; — the disappearance of a group of killer whales that had lived in the sound , possibly also due to the " solvent abuse effect " ; — deaths among sea otters not only from hypothermia ( because oil stuck to their fur destroyed its insulating properties ) but from emphysema caused by breathing in toxic fumes and from liver and kidney damage caused by ingesting oil ; — failure to breed among many species of birds since the accident , either because of the death rate within colonies at the time ( in the case of guillemots ) or because continued exposure to oil-polluted food sources is preventing reproduction ; — death tolls of up to 40 per cent for eggs laid by salmon , herring and other fish , and deformities and withered muscles among fish that did hatch . |
| 4 | These were among the topics on the programme this week in London at yet another ‘ megathrash ’ on the social consequences of new technology . |
| 5 | These were among the many questions asked when Esquire commissioned MORI to undertake Britain 's most detailed survey of male sexuality . |
| 6 | ‘ Very elderly ’ women over 75 were among the poorest of all . |
| 7 | To measure the intensity of his hatred , it is only necessary to add that he wrote these words when it was public knowledge that women and children by the thousands were among the population of those camps . |
| 8 | They were never entirely secure : Crowe nearly chopped DeFreitas on , and both were among the big majority of those who stayed any length of time in being beaten repeatedly just outside off stump . |