31.   Though first among the younger, on-the-rise private schools, Brandeis came in ninth overall among private schools.

32.   Who, many historians ask, will be first among the new immigrants to represent a large group of people?

33.   By retaining control over the police and military, however, Hun Sen ensured he was first among equals.

34.   He is unlikely to lose his place as first among equals any time soon.

35.   He remains only first among equals in a collective leadership.

36.   Lincoln was first among whites, but second among blacks, who overwhelmingly chose Clinton as the greatest president.

37.   Bartholomew of Constantinople has no direct authority over the other Orthodox bishops, but only an honorary primacy as first among equals.

38.   US President Bill Clinton was scheduled to be first among the heads of state and government to address the assembly.

39.   M. Farooqi, a spokesman for the Communist Party of India, a constituent of the centre-left coalition, said Gujral was first among equals.