Example sentences of "was among " in BNC.
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| 1 | A year later a second note was among another smuggled group of notes that arrived for the relatives . |
| 2 | He accepted a position in a dealer 's gallery , where Matisse was among the artists who benefited from his judgement . |
| 3 | The North Thameside petroleum traffic was among the first to have its own train crew and dedicated fleet of locomotives . |
| 4 | The Barley Mow brewery was among the very last to still brew draught London porter , which it made until the late 1930s , and even in the 1950s it was famous for another dark beer , its Main Line mild . |
| 5 | He was among the first to champion Eliot . |
| 6 | The writer was Ford Madox Ford , who was among the most loyal as he had been among the first of Pound 's friends ; in the twenties he was as penurious and as out of fashion as Pound . |
| 7 | He was among the first to exploit the fact that living nerve fibres pick up and transport protein molecules like the enzyme horseradish peroxidase , whose presence is easily demonstrated and so acts as a marker . |
| 8 | Jan Urban , a former spokesman for the Charter 77 rights group and co-ordinator of a joint East European information service , was among numerous Czechoslovaks who befriended the refugees . |
| 9 | The Scottish stand-off , who was among the Lions replacements , was forced to parade , bouquet in hand , from behind one set of posts to the red carpet on the half-wayline as chaperone to Mireille Mathieu , the French songstress who had just rendered all three verses of the Marseillaise ( with the chorus repeated each time ) . |
| 10 | Katherine Kavanagh 's lawyer , John Jay , a Joycean figure with a handsome beard , was among the mourners from Dublin . |
| 11 | This is a devastating commentary on the state of a relationship that was among the greatest — some would argue the greatest — in international rugby . |
| 12 | Gilts lost around £3/4 Goal Petroleum was among the oils to improve , up 1p to 85p . |
| 13 | But Brian Whittle , the leading 400 metres and 800 metres runner , was among those to dismiss the offer because of the lack of competitive opportunities between now and the new deadline . |
| 14 | Nikisch , for example , was among the first to perfect the technique ( etiquette , mannerisms and devilish good looks included ) of the ‘ virtuoso conductor ’ ; Furtwangler established a new and enduring tradition which transformed orchestral playing out of all recognition . |
| 15 | Another group is led by Ove Arup , which was among the original six contenders to build and finance the link in partnership with British Rail . |
| 16 | Glyn Ford , the leader of the British Labour group , was among those speaking out against Mr Le Pen 's group . |
| 17 | There was no feeling , as there was among Catholics , that priests were indispensable : heads of families could and did conduct simplified forms of service in front of their domestic icons . |
| 18 | For the last seventy-three years the Bishop of Durham was a scholar ; five bishops in succession ranging from one who was among the leading minds of Europe to one who was more a publicist than a scholar but who still had academic interests . |
| 19 | Roy Toulson was among the fish on Saturday was well when he landed 43 chub for 40–8–0 in the Notts Fed Open at Burton Joyce . |
| 20 | Goodyear was among a group of major companies threatened with worldwide suspension from motor sport by FISA president Jean-Marie Balestre as a penalty for supporting next Sunday 's ‘ pirate ’ Indycar race at Surfers Paradise in Australia . |
| 21 | So Diana was among friends , but she was still enormously nervous on her first visit to the BDA headquarters in Carlisle . |
| 22 | G. A. Smith was among the first to give up , going to work with Urban on developing his new colour process ; Haggar retired in 1909 to run his own cinema ; Williamson curtailed the production of dramatic comic films after his standing contract with the UA was cancelled and directed his energies into educational filmmaking to escape ‘ the horrible nightmare of having my business directed by outsiders . ’ |
| 23 | But what their reaction shows is just how little awareness there was among Britain 's film executives of cinema 's artistic potential , and how little discussion had gone on about what sort of cinema British producers should develop . |
| 24 | Herbert Wilcox was among the first to realize the opportunities sound created for British filmmakers . |
| 25 | Last year Roger Hackney , the Olympic steeplechaser , took the top prize and Tim Hutchings was among the individual winners in the Christmas Day event at Ninove . |
| 26 | He was among the hundreds of thousands of people who had already posted their application forms . |
| 27 | Vidalin was among many who transmitted coded messages to the Resistance . |
| 28 | The wind gusted to 30 knots in the fourth race , and Heaven Can Wait , the British team 's 50-footer skippered by Harold Cudmore , was among the damaged boats . |
| 29 | Saatchi & Saatchi was among the hidden persuaders and such niche retailers as Next and the Body Shop made looking and feeling good availiable to all . |
| 30 | Nobody is identified , but I would bet he is Horace Hutchinson , son of the Colonel Hutchinson who was among the founders . |