Example sentences of "among the [num ord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until Ronnie 's death , as a result of his injuries at the start of the race — I was among the first at the scene and recall vividly the exsanguine look on Ronnie 's face and the mangle of his legs — they were separated by a mere 13 points : the final margin between them , because Mario scored no further points that season . |
| 2 | There are women miners here who were among the first to be laid off when Pittston sacked 4,000 of its 6,000 unionised miners in the early Eighties . |
| 3 | In Nottingham the Hucknall and Robin Hood lines could be among the first to be ear-marked for sharing . |
| 4 | Richard Baxter was among the first to be arrested . |
| 5 | Three of them were among the first to be evacuated by the Red Cross from the notorious Banja Luka camp . |
| 6 | Chubby , bubbly jazzman Fats Waller was among the first to really get bitten by the London bug . |
| 7 | It contains traces of people who are among the first to be photographed in city streets anywhere in the world . |
| 8 | Older people are always among the first to be made redundant and to retire prematurely yet there is no evidence to show ‘ that redundancy or early retirement are seriously associated with health or any general tendency for workers to become less productive with age . ’ |
| 9 | The importance that the Government place on this section is shown by the fact that it was among the first provisions of the 1989 Act to be brought into operation and the regulations made under it were among the first to be published . |
| 10 | ONE of the youngest potential victims of Chester 's tuberculosis scare was among the first to be tested for the disease yesterday . |
| 11 | The writer was Ford Madox Ford , who was among the most loyal as he had been among the first of Pound 's friends ; in the twenties he was as penurious and as out of fashion as Pound . |
| 12 | The young Robert Zimmerman had changed his name to Bob Dylan and had been wailing away for a couple of years or so , and Nicholson was among the first of his fans who listened to and studied the words of his anti-establishment anthems , ‘ The Times , They Are A-Changin ’ and his ‘ Mr Tambourine Man ’ which was a taunting , haunting song with a very hard edge that white middle-class youth took to be an ode to a dope dealer , which Dylan denied . |
| 13 | But it is not on that judgment nor on that conviction that his place among the first of the heroes of Socialism or Co-operation depends . |
| 14 | Such embankments are often transitory structures , but sand martins , among the first of our summer migrants to return , are adept at seeking out the new season 's workings . |
| 15 | And retired soldiers from his army were among the first of the century 's numerous British settlers in Pau . |
| 16 | He was secure enough to mint his own silver pennies , which must have been among the first of the new coins to be produced and an indication of the economic vitality and continuing independence of his kingdom . |
| 17 | At that time she had known few people in the district , for they were among the first of the incomers , and Camille had been only a baby with the consequent ailments , accidents and dissatisfactions . |
| 18 | Because of her involvement in politics and close knowledge of major social issues , Webb was among the first of those anti-suffragists who rested their case on the fact that local politics provided a sufficient outlet for maternal influence to recognise that the huge divide between local and national issues in politics was ceasing to exist . |
| 19 | Europe has figured large in the past year and I am delighted that Save The Children is among the first of United Kingdom non-governmental organisations to establish an office in Brussels and mount a pan- European operation . |
| 20 | It 's among the first of about thirty thousand which are being built in Britain . |
| 21 | After being among the first of the former Soviet republics to fight to free itself from the embrace of Moscow , it has now come full circle with the recognition that it must look East as well as West for its own benefit . |
| 22 | She danced her nights away under crystal chandeliers among the first in the land . |
| 23 | He undoubtedly expects them to lead the way to more responsible reporting ; if these discrepancies continue , they will be among the first in the boxing ring . |
| 24 | to be among the first in the UK to receive details of the new CM3 car-phone and the P3 dual function hand-portable/car-phone . |
| 25 | As a result , the homes at West Moor are among the first in the country to be awarded the critical acclaim of a Gas Warm Award from British Gas . |
| 26 | Multi-energy cooking tunnels are among the first in the world to combine four different types of energy — steam , microwave , forced convection and infrared . |
| 27 | Scotmid was among the first in the field to introduce bar-code readers to their store checkouts , and the use of computer stocktaking brings them soundly into the 1990s . |
| 28 | Crews , here , were among the first in the country to be taught the additional medical skills that can save lives . |
| 29 | Sarah Duncombe 's two children and boyfriend Adrian Foster were among the last to be moved off a disused farm in Ibstock , Leics . |
| 30 | The hand-loom weavers were among the last to be driven into the factories . |