Example sentences of "[was/were] among [art] first [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two of them were among the first documentaries to be made about the war , and thus have considerable historical importance . |
| 2 | Shells were among the first substances to be held in high regard despite being of very limited use for practical purposes . |
| 3 | National governments and international organisations were among the first institutions to adopt electronic processing of large datasets ( e.g. census data , tax records ) . |
| 4 | Not surprisingly they were among the first fossils to attract widespread attention . |
| 5 | High military spenders like Sudan , Mauritania , Peru and Vietnam were among the first countries to default on their debt . |
| 6 | A major industry initiative was launched by the HCIMA at its annual lunch last month when several operating companies and educational institutes , including Compass , Forte , Copthorne Hotels , Universities of Brighton and Surrey and Chichester College were among the first signatories of a new Charter agreement which will strengthen employer/education links within the industry . |
| 7 | The vital role ( which contemporaries fully appreciated ) played by such relatively small ports as Le Crotoy , at the mouth of the river Somme , in the period 1420–50 , together with the fact that the ports of Dieppe and Harfleur were among the first places to be snatched from English control in 1435 ( leaving them with Cherbourg as the only port from which they could maintain regular links with England between 1435 and 1440 , a vital period in the military history of the occupation ) , shows how important the Burgundian connection was to both main protagonists as they struggled to acquire and maintain a measure of control over the sea . |
| 8 | Music death : Singer-songwriter Arthur Alexander , whose classics were among the first songs cut by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones , has died in Nashville , aged 53 . |
| 9 | The three , all of whom faced corruption allega-tions , were among the first victims of the newly elected government 's avowed determination to combat official malpractice . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Normalair-Garrett ( NGL ) at Crewkerne was among the first companies to introduce flexible manufacturing in the UK . |
| 12 | Wrexham Hospital had only that month installed one , after years of jumble sales and coffee mornings on its behalf , and Nigel was among the first patients to ( I nearly wrote ‘ benefit ’ ) be diagnosed by it . |
| 13 | Cannabis comes from hemp , which was among the first plants to be domesticated , especially in parts of South-East Asia , where it is a valuable source of fibre for making rope and twine . |
| 14 | It was among the first buildings in France to be listed as in need of help , even if none came for some fifteen years . |