Example sentences of "was among [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goodyear was among a group of major companies threatened with worldwide suspension from motor sport by FISA president Jean-Marie Balestre as a penalty for supporting next Sunday 's ‘ pirate ’ Indycar race at Surfers Paradise in Australia . |
| 2 | Warren Beatty was among a number of superstars who make a habit of keeping people waiting . |
| 3 | At the start of the following week , James Callaghan , then a young Parliamentary Secretary , was among a group of Ministers outside the Cabinet who were summoned to be told of the Cabinet 's decision . |
| 4 | She was among a group of three or four fine does who were talking quietly together and seemed to be feeding as well . |
| 5 | Anyway , no matter , it 's a digression , where was I … yes : ‘ The woman , who has yet to be named , was among a party of four attending Tea at Five for Six . |
| 6 | CPRW was among a large number of bodies that opposed allowing the Hamilton Oil Company to drill an exploratory well in a very sensitive area of seabed close to Bardsey Island . |
| 7 | I was among a savage , good-looking people with a dangerous reputation . |
| 8 | Ulster-born Ms Hoey , MP for Vauxhall , was among a group of Labour MPs who voted against the Bill 's third reading in the Commons last night . |
| 9 | Faisal al-Husseini , one of the chief co-ordinators of the intifada , was among a group of prominent East Jerusalem Arabs who protested against the killings by maintaining a hunger strike throughout the remainder of May . |
| 10 | An elderly Casamance activist , Fr Augustin Diamacoun Senghor was among a large number of southerners arrested during this period . |
| 11 | was among a group of 40 tradespeople who visited the village of Goiesti in April to help renovate an orphanage for the forgotten children of Ceausescu . |
| 12 | Michael Hickey 's mother , Ann Whelan , who was among a large crowd of protesters outside the Home Office , said : ‘ Our message is simple that we are not going anywhere . |
| 13 | Durham County champion Craig Kilgour made the first steps towards his comeback last weekend when he was among a number of county players who took part in a coaching session held by English Golf Union coach Bill Ferguson . |
| 14 | One of them , Prof John Sargent , was among a band of eminent researchers in Britain , the United States , Canada , Italy and France who were bullied , cajoled and encouraged by the Odones to help in producing treatment that would save their son 's life . |
| 15 | Fifty years ago Norman was among a group of Royal Air Force cadets sent to America for pilot training . |
| 16 | He accepted a position in a dealer 's gallery , where Matisse was among the artists who benefited from his judgement . |
| 17 | The North Thameside petroleum traffic was among the first to have its own train crew and dedicated fleet of locomotives . |
| 18 | The Barley Mow brewery was among the very last to still brew draught London porter , which it made until the late 1930s , and even in the 1950s it was famous for another dark beer , its Main Line mild . |
| 19 | He was among the first to champion Eliot . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He was among the first to exploit the fact that living nerve fibres pick up and transport protein molecules like the enzyme horseradish peroxidase , whose presence is easily demonstrated and so acts as a marker . |
| 22 | The Scottish stand-off , who was among the Lions replacements , was forced to parade , bouquet in hand , from behind one set of posts to the red carpet on the half-wayline as chaperone to Mireille Mathieu , the French songstress who had just rendered all three verses of the Marseillaise ( with the chorus repeated each time ) . |
| 23 | Katherine Kavanagh 's lawyer , John Jay , a Joycean figure with a handsome beard , was among the mourners from Dublin . |
| 24 | This is a devastating commentary on the state of a relationship that was among the greatest — some would argue the greatest — in international rugby . |
| 25 | Gilts lost around £3/4 Goal Petroleum was among the oils to improve , up 1p to 85p . |
| 26 | Nikisch , for example , was among the first to perfect the technique ( etiquette , mannerisms and devilish good looks included ) of the ‘ virtuoso conductor ’ ; Furtwangler established a new and enduring tradition which transformed orchestral playing out of all recognition . |
| 27 | Another group is led by Ove Arup , which was among the original six contenders to build and finance the link in partnership with British Rail . |
| 28 | For the last seventy-three years the Bishop of Durham was a scholar ; five bishops in succession ranging from one who was among the leading minds of Europe to one who was more a publicist than a scholar but who still had academic interests . |
| 29 | Roy Toulson was among the fish on Saturday was well when he landed 43 chub for 40–8–0 in the Notts Fed Open at Burton Joyce . |
| 30 | G. A. Smith was among the first to give up , going to work with Urban on developing his new colour process ; Haggar retired in 1909 to run his own cinema ; Williamson curtailed the production of dramatic comic films after his standing contract with the UA was cancelled and directed his energies into educational filmmaking to escape ‘ the horrible nightmare of having my business directed by outsiders . ’ |