Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] be among the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey were among the first to import them into England , and the painter Hans Holbein has since had a particular type of design named after him because of the number of times it featured in his portraits of Henry and the English Court , Similarly , the Flemish painter Hans Memlinc provides ample pictorial evidence of the passion for oriental rugs in the Netherlands and the Northern Europe . |
| 2 | AN ELECTRICAL retailer , a garden centre and a milk processor were among the winners of this year 's Scottish Marketing Awards . |
| 3 | His first major field research was among the Nupe people of Northern Nigeria , and on his second field research period there , 1935-36 , he wrote up a work journal which has never been published . |
| 4 | The stores and building sectors were among the hardest hit as traders anticipated a continuing squeeze in the high street and on house prices . |
| 5 | The first book printed in Florence , a 1471–72 Virgil , the earliest printed Greek Homer and first editions of Ficino and the Divina commedia are among the items on show . |
| 6 | BARBARA and NEIL TAYLOR were among the founders of the Shared Earth Trust and now work for the Trust as its project co- ordinators at the Denmark Farm Conservation Centre . |
| 7 | Other than in Ipswich , where the WEA branch was among the small group of vigorous , active and well-organised centres in the District , there appeared to be little prospect for development without LEA-funded support in the pre-war years and , as in West Suffolk , the development of a substantial WEA presence did not occur until after the 1939–45 war . |
| 8 | Stuart Ripley , after a quick recovery , and Andy Payton are among the five candidates . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | MP Simon Burns and Chelmsford Mayor Edgar Roberts were among the dignitaries who attended Under Pressure 's official opening yesterday afternoon . |
| 11 | The Sandals , Mother Earth , Diana Brown & Barrie K Sharpe are among the entertainers hoping to introduce the Dutch to the joys of corduroy . |
| 12 | And the booze business is among the most powerful in India , partly because in order to evade duty the manufacturers need the complicity of crooked politicians . |
| 13 | Edinburgh , Stirling and Paisley universities were among the institutions which fared well in the exercise , but there was some disappointment at Glasgow and Aberdeen universities . |
| 14 | Turnover figures were among the lowest of the year with just 578 million shares changing hands and the FT-SE 100-Share Index closed just 6.5 better on the day at 2,922.4 . |
| 15 | ‘ We admit there was a time when the North-East service was among the worst in the country in terms of reliability but we have had a massive turnaround of fortune . ’ |
| 16 | Coral reefs are among the natural wonders of the world ; richer in species than any other environment except the tropical rain forests . |
| 17 | Richard Baxter was among the first to be arrested . |
| 18 | Franz Carr , Bjorn Kristensen , David Roche , Steve Howey and Andy Hunt are among the players on view and Keegan will take a personal look at how they perform . |
| 19 | This work by Liubov Popova is among the high-points of Sotheby 's sale , estimated at £1,800,000 to £2,200,000 . |
| 20 | His report says : ’ Inmate accommodation was among the worst we had seen ’ in his report on the prison . |
| 21 | David Rocastle was among the chattier of the players who come in . |
| 22 | Flame Angels are among the most compatible species . |
| 23 | The Queen Angle , Holocanthus cillaris is among the most beautiful marines . |
| 24 | Shares in electronics companies were among the few attractive ones in the early 1980s , but by 1988 the National Economic Development Council was reporting that rationalization to meet foreign competition in this sector was overdue . |
| 25 | Cowslips , bluebells , water lilies , snowdrops and wood anemones are among the common flowers being threatened by amateur gardeners , according to a survey conducted by Gardening Which ? , a journal of the Consumer 's Association . |
| 26 | KPMG Peat Marwick , Sakura Global Capital and BDO Binder Hamlyn are among the companies that have paid £1,000 for a table to seat their team of 10 contestants . |
| 27 | Five-year-old Nikole Cunningham from Forthriver Link is among the contenders in the soap company 's 36th annual search for a star . |
| 28 | Again , Jurassic Park is among the biggest sellers . |
| 29 | Alice In Wonderland author Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling are among the traditional writers making a comeback in a move designed to improve standards of grammar , punctuation and spelling among primary and secondary school children . |
| 30 | Canned asparagus , stereo headsets and satin underwear are among the most popular requisites . |