Example sentences of "were among " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two prisoners formerly featured in the Letter Writing Campaign , Thoza Khonje and George Mtafu , were among at least 21 political prisoners released in Malawi between January and March this year — all of them long-term detainees held without charge or trial . |
| 2 | The victims were among some 3,000 black Mauritanians arrested late last year . |
| 3 | Purcell , Vivaldi and Telemann were among his favourite classical composers . |
| 4 | Five members of a policeman 's family , a soldier and an airman were among Monday 's victims . |
| 5 | DALGETY , Delta and Jaguar were among the shares to march ahead yesterday as the stock market continued to fret and fuss about today 's West German interest rate decision . |
| 6 | The US was yesterday sheltering on its bases at least two participants in the coup attempt who were among the few to escape death or capture . |
| 7 | The stores and building sectors were among the hardest hit as traders anticipated a continuing squeeze in the high street and on house prices . |
| 8 | The PDF issued a ‘ war communique ’ saying three senior officers , including the head of military intelligence , were among 37 arrested after the coup attempt . |
| 9 | Only officers and NCOs were among those listed as killed , whereas dozens of lower ranking soldiers were involved in the fighting . |
| 10 | Overall oils were among the best performing shares with the sector 's defensive qualities in the present uncertain atmosphere drawing support . |
| 11 | The men were among 28 UDR members arrested during police raids on Sunday in the inquiry into alleged security leaks . |
| 12 | Swan pens and Spratt 's , the pet food makers , were among regular advertisers . |
| 13 | THE 24 HOURS preceding President George Bush 's stop in New York last night on behalf of Rudolph Giuliani , the Republican candidate for mayor , were among the bloodiest the city has seen . |
| 14 | The two men were among 28 UDR soldiers arrested last weekend by detectives investigating the alleged leakage of security forces ' information to Protestant paramilitary groups . |
| 15 | Many hundreds of thousands of trade unionists were among those who became shareholders for the first time . |
| 16 | Dances , buffet suppers , flower festivals , supper shows , poetry reading , craft shows , sales stands , aircraft model making and flying , car treasure hunts , boat cruises and sponsored sports events of many types were among the fund-raising efforts reported . |
| 17 | William Temple and Fisher at Repton were among the late manifestations of this feeling . |
| 18 | By such standards both footballers and cricketers , provided they were among the minority who avoided injury and played in the first team , were quite well off for a few years . |
| 19 | Boar 's head and jugged hare were among the contemporary dishes served in front of the company 's original 18th-century shop front in Cornhill , which now stands in the museum . |
| 20 | There were about 25 cocktail parties to launch Balbirnie , and employees from other hotels in the region were among the guests . |
| 21 | Granger , these full-blooded pictures were among the most popular films released in the latter stages of the war . |
| 22 | ‘ Down with the KGB ’ and ‘ Down with Ligachev ’ ( Yegor Ligachev , the conservatives ' leader on the party 's politburo ) were among the milder slogans carried by the demonstrators . |
| 23 | The party newspaper , Neues Deutschland , in an outspoken editorial yesterday , conceded that Communist Party members were among those who had begun to question the party 's leading role . |
| 24 | Writers Fay Weldon and Marina Warner and Colin MacCabe , the former head of production at the British Film Institute , were among witnesses appearing before the Video Appeals Committee , called to examine a decision by the British Board of Film Classification to refuse a release certificate to ‘ Visions of Ecstasy ’ . |
| 25 | He said some of Britain 's top engineering companies were among those criticised by students . |
| 26 | The blip in the graph occurs at a crucial stage of development in firms which until that point were among the fast growers , sharply reducing the number which move on to become medium and larger firms . |
| 27 | He said some of Britain 's top engineering companies were among those criticised by students . |
| 28 | Although not all the Tory dissidents now discussing tactics over individual bills were among the 60 who withheld their votes from her last Tuesday , the arithmetic of the leadership election does raise the question of whether she can rely on her Commons majority in the coming battles . |
| 29 | Two ambulancemen , Mr Alan Woods and Mr Rob Lloyd of Putney Ambulance Station , who were among the first to arrive at the scene of the disaster a year ago , watched the morning trains speed by . |
| 30 | Tanjug also claimed 36 children were among those killed at the weekend and police fired into the bodies of the wounded . |