Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] be among [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hand-loom weavers were among the last to be driven into the factories . |
| 2 | Its construction , by 30,000 men over vast tracts of unexplored Canadian trains are among the last refuges from the characterless hell of modern travel . |
| 3 | Canadian trains are among the last refuges from the pre-packaged , plastic , characterless hell of modern travel . |
| 4 | National governments and international organisations were among the first institutions to adopt electronic processing of large datasets ( e.g. census data , tax records ) . |
| 5 | The Greek philosophers were among the first to grapple with language . |
| 6 | The evidence indicates that the polar regions are among the first to detect changes arising from greenhouse warming . |
| 7 | Seabirds were badly affected , with cormorants and black-necked grebes being among the first to die . |
| 8 | American firms were among the first to confront a national mass market since the market for consumer goods was huge , the whole of the country being a free trade area for business firms . |