Example sentences of "[was/were] amongst [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eva and her emergency team were amongst the first on the scene taking in food and clothing , and assessing the need for financial aid to help rebuild the shattered homes and schools . |
| 2 | WWF members and supporters were amongst the first to receive full details of the new card . |
| 3 | Our close friend Bobby Radiasa , whom we trained as a soundman and took around the islands on our last expedition , was amongst the first intrepid handful of Bali 's surfers . |
| 4 | While still living with his family in London in 1871 he was amongst the first associate members of the newly formed Society of Telegraph Engineers ( later the Institution of Electrical Engineers ) . |
| 5 | At Gold Hill ( later Dunstall Priory ) , Shoreham , Kent ( 1806 ) he produced a notably early example of a villa in the Italianate vernacular style of Nash 's Cronkhill , and at Balloch Castle , Dunbarton ( 1809 ) , he was amongst the first to introduce the picturesquely asymmetrical castle form into Scotland ; but he was a designer of only limited ability , frequently reducing the process of picturesque composition to a meagrely detailed routine formula of only marginal asymmetry . |
| 6 | And , for the European case , Mandel was amongst the first to demonstrate the importance of the guest workers to European capital . |
| 7 | Roger Chidlow was amongst the first group of immigrants , for he appears in a 1590 rental paying 4d rent for a cottage in Newton . |