Example sentences of "they were among the [adj] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	Carolyn and Diana were drawn to each other from the start because they were among the only pupils whose parents were divorced .
2	Not surprisingly they were among the first fossils to attract widespread attention .
3	When the exodus of children from Germany and Austria began , they were among the first to respond .
4	Beetles had fed on the pollen of cycads and they were among the first to transfer their attentions to the early flowers like those of magnolias and waterlilies .
5	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 .
6	William and Mary Ann Titford enjoyed no such luxury — but then they were among the youngest people in the street , and their daughter Grace Beatrice , born in 1883 , would have been the only baby crying down Brunswick Place in that year — much to the consternation of the local worthies , no doubt :
7	‘ Vzglyad ’ and ‘ TSN ’ were singled out because they were among the few television programmes willing to challenge Mr Kravchenko .
8	He listened to the few men who had survived for more than a few weeks and talked of ‘ Blighty ’ and prayed only for a ‘ cushy wound ’ so they could be moved to the nearest hospital tent and , if they were among the lucky ones , eventually be sent home to England .
9	Two of the survivors assured me they were among the last girls to be admitted to the trade .
10	There was no dog in the road but they were among the little cluster of grey and brown stone houses near the church where Wycliffe had had his memorable conversation with Emily Pascoe .
11	Three of them were among the first to be evacuated by the Red Cross from the notorious Banja Luka camp .
12	Two of them were among the first documentaries to be made about the war , and thus have considerable historical importance .

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