preposition
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chief among
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She had many reasons for taking the money, but chief among them was revenge.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
among other things
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Among other things , Bradley talked about his days as a senator.
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At the meeting they discussed, among other things , recent events in Eastern Europe.
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Businesses were allowed to pay in equipment and acquired, among other things , a few computers.
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It results from, among other things , voluntary acts of charity, which government more and more supersedes.
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It was called oratory, and dealt with, among other things , logic and the art of persuasion....
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Many nurses were aware of this but feared, among other things , a possible ischaemic element.
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New scientific techniques introduced among other things reliable means of dating the prehistoric past.
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Or pressure groups like the Baby Milk Action Group which, among other things , campaigns against women being pressurised into bottle-feeding.
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Sniping by the president's men has, among other things , forced the foreign minister to resign.
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They will have to enter between three huge cans to see, among other things , more than 150 different tins.
first among equals
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But Aggie was first among equals.
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Cash is the first among equals.
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The prime minister was primus inter pares in the cabinet-the first among equals.
number among sth/be numbered among sth
pick your way through/across/among etc sth
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Hardly glancing at Berowne's body Dalgliesh picked his way across the carpet to Harry Mack and squatted beside him.
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I picked my way through the noisy tables and went into the Gents.
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Publishers and booksellers will have to pick their way through a landscape made strange and problematic by change.
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So four of us took our stirrup pumps and torches and picked our way through what was a minefield.
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The Arvins came picking their way through rubble, nervous as rats, poking people aside with the barrels of their M-16s.
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There was just one lock, and I picked my way through it with ease.
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They picked their way through broken pieces of furniture, their feet crunching across splintered glass and wood.
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We pick our way across the cement floor and into the battered portacabin.
put/set the cat among the pigeons
the prince of sth/a prince among sth
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Among the collection of photographs are two taken in Hamburg in 1911.
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Forbes dramatically increased his support among Republican voters statewide.
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I saw him standing among a group of students.
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The house was hidden among the trees.
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The letter is somewhere among these papers on her desk.
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The prime minister was among the 300 people who attended the funeral.
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There is widespread concern among scientists about the safety of storing nuclear waste underground.
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There were about twenty spectators, among whom were Bill, Maria and myself.
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We helped Mom search for her wedding ring among the rocks below the boardwalk.
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Yeltsin was among the first world leaders to arrive in Paris for the summit.