Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] among [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But 11 years of being in the international wilderness takes some overhauling and there are definite signs among their young-bloods that tours like this will soon restore pride . |
| 2 | The present building dates from 1086 and the report of its state in 1275 lists among its treasures four tropers ( the Anglo-Saxon service book ) and several part tropers , so it was a rich church . |
| 3 | They can , if necessary , establish social contacts among themselves or continue to seek them outside . |
| 4 | Because the widespread poverty of older women and the penury experienced by some groups among them derive to a considerable extent from the operation of social and economic policies within patriarchal capitalism , any major change in their status rests on the development of alternative policies . |
| 5 | A high turnover of residents is also a significant factor in the two multiple-employer estates and , here too people find their closest social associates among their colleagues at work . |
| 6 | Along with the Tiger Club , the Barnstormers , formed by the late Charles Boddington , revived the between-wars touring airshow , and have numbered many celebrated performers among their acts . |
| 7 | Mind you there was some , there was some lads among them . |
| 8 | There 's little doubt the Commonwealth sees France as the main target of the mission , but as a mainly English speaking organization , its influence on President Mitterand may be limited so the French speakers among them will be pressed into service . |
| 9 | Sherwood Forest Country Park , once the haunt of Robin Hood , has numerous waymarked walks among its famous glades and great oaks . |
| 10 | He is a rum customer who inspires violently different emotions among his colleagues . |
| 11 | Since 1961 ( to be precise , since Selwyn Lloyd 's ‘ pay pause ’ that summer ) British people had given sustaining the economy the priority over foreign affairs among their concerns . |
| 12 | As we walked along I was delighted to discover that there were some distinguished names among our number . |
| 13 | There are very few British names among them , but Ross Lovegrove is certainly one . |
| 14 | Another way in which the church was comprehensive was in the range of cultural levels among its members . |
| 15 | Studies of Japanese management practices have highlighted many peculiar features among which is the kanban system of ordering components . |
| 16 | In that case there must have been genes controlling variation in caddis houses , for selection can not produce adaptations unless there are hereditary differences among which to select . |
| 17 | This may suggest that he travelled , but the presence of texts in foreign languages among his songs is by no means conclusive , for in some cases it can be shown that the words are not original . |
| 18 | I am living here with Arab people in peace and I have some friends among them . |
| 19 | As for cardinals , after Kilwardby 's death in 1310 there were no more English bishops among them until Langham in 1368 and only four others — three Dominicans in this reign and Adam Easton later — before 1378 , compared with fourteen Italian and one hundred and twelve French cardinals . |
| 20 | Medical practitioners were only too well aware of the social differences among their patients , and hence were as much preoccupied with class as they were with gender . |
| 21 | After the talks , Hanan Ashrawi , the Palestinian spokeswoman , said there had been discussion of undisclosed new proposals , but the Palestinians could not make any final decisions without further consultations among themselves and with the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Tunis . |
| 22 | The professional debate needs to take place on different ground and the professional service , although it may have buildings among its outputs , will have to have deep human and social insights among its inputs . |
| 23 | Nor were there many German soldiers among his customers . |
| 24 | We now know much more about surviving hunters and gatherers than was known in Morgan 's day and , although sexual unions among them may in some cases be very unstable , in others they are not . |
| 25 | To move successfully to a market society the Soviet Union will need to draw on latent entrepreneurial values among its citizens . |
| 26 | It is safe to say that thousands of social workers are at the moment carrying such cases among their caseloads and are working on them : in some cases very efficiently , in others perhaps hampered somewhat by lack of understanding of the implications . |
| 27 | Massey 's schemata is useful here , especially if we follow her instruction to be concerned with the real relationships among our objects of study rather than formal legal relations . |
| 28 | Another group of critics , central bankers among them , point out that borrowing more at shorter rates may undermine the independence of the Federal Reserve . |
| 29 | In the years following the Second World War the European colonial powers retained control over a large number of military and naval bases among their colonies . |
| 30 | The report did recommend that members be called upon to break off relations with Spain , but there were serious divisions among them about the efficacy of such measures . |