Example sentences of "they [am/are] among [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are among the first to acknowledge their relative inexperience in the shortened version of the game , pointing out that sevens has not captured the imagination of Southern Africa and that Hong Kong was Namibia 's first international sevens appearance . |
| 2 | There are British Poundians , and they are among the best . |
| 3 | It comes close to shaming some of its own stable-mates , too , and they are among the swiftest in their class . |
| 4 | They are among the last plants to bloom , often not being fully in flower until early September . |
| 5 | Although individually insignificant , ants make up for this in sheer numbers and total biomass ; they are among the dominant extant organisms on Earth . |
| 6 | They are among the kindest-hearted people in Britain . |
| 7 | They are among the easiest of fossil plants to recognize , for even flattened stems retain the characteristic jointing , and the feathery distal branches can not be mistaken for anything else . |
| 8 | They are among the national squad scullers competing who are seeking a place in the Olympic team . |
| 9 | They are among the safest of all sections of the community using the roads , simply because they rely entirely upon their sight at all times and under all circumstances . " |
| 10 | Following their defeat of Ampleforth , Mount St Mary 's beat a successful Leeds GS side 39-3 , suggesting that they are among the strongest school sides in the country . |
| 11 | Because it is not one of the more imposing buildings for which public funds are more readily available , it has had to rely on the care and attention of those who live around it and they are among the poorer people of the city . |
| 12 | Although they 're among the poorest people in the community , many feel better off than they 've ever been — they 've got money , time and friends of their own for the first time . |
| 13 | People said it was painted by " the students " — they 're among the few willing takers who get homes on hard-to-let estates — who sound like Siberian exiles doing good works among the peasants . |