Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] among " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ibn Fayoud looked at the place settings , noting that the few racing contacts he had been obliged to invite had sensibly been distributed among the more amusing people who had come up from London . |
| 2 | Interest in the subject having thus been aroused among learned men in western Asia , a scientific institute was eventually set up in Baghdad after the Muslim conquest of much of that region . |
| 3 | The incumbent , MacFarlane of Kirkton , was also sure of a substantial body of support among the gentry of the county , while the situation was made even more hazardous when David Cunningham , a brother of the laird of Ballindalloch , a gentleman who could not be ranked among Montrose 's friends , also came forward , but with the support of two important lairds , Colonel Blackadder , and Callendar of Craigforth , to both of whom , as Montrose ruefully remarked , he had obligations . |
| 4 | Termites , ants , bees and wasps display various forms of this caste system , all of which show a level of social differentiation that can not be found among any vertebrate species other than man himself . |
| 5 | He was a superbly male animal , he was used to beguiling women with his dark sorcery , but she would not be counted among them . |
| 6 | There is no good reason why in these circumstances 100% of the seats should not be distributed among parties ( and any serious independent candidates ) which have together won 95% of the votes . |
| 7 | The attitudes ascribed to Soviet women in general could just as easily be observed among Western women . |
| 8 | Saxon remains could still be found among the buildings , there is a Saxon crypt to the church , and the setting is hauntingly beautiful . |
| 9 | It is disappointing to read such an apologia in the magazine of one 's own institution , which professes to advance the cause of competent management , BR can hardly be counted among the best of examples . |
| 10 | He wrote ‘ Michael Ramsey 's Monthly Message ’ for the Cambridgeshire Liberal Magazine , which thereafter was scattered among the villagers . |
| 11 | The new factories frequently centralized the processes of manufacture which had formerly been dispersed among the cottages , especially in the textile industries . |
| 12 | Among his colleagues there was his feoffee John Hoton of Tudhoe , who should probably also be numbered among Gloucester 's Durham associates . |
| 13 | Among his colleagues there was his feoffee John Hoton of Tudhoe , who should probably also be numbered among Gloucester 's Durham associates . |
| 14 | They may also be interspersed among them or precede them , or follow them ; but they are always integrated into a conversation considered as a complete linguistic interaction ’ ( Abercrombie : 72:55–59 ) . |
| 15 | In countries where state-owned enterprises have typically been scattered among different economic sectors alongside private capital , the conventional form of public enterprise directly responsible to a ministry has been supplemented by the state holding company ; for example , IRI in Italy , and INI and INH ( the oil and gas sector holding company ) in Spain . |
| 16 | The airline said they feared one of the dead was a British woman named Rebecca Gunner , who was known to be travelling on the flight but who has not so far been traced among the injured and rescued . |
| 17 | Amazingly , though , porcupine fish have often been found among the stomach contents of large tuna . |
| 18 | The pollsters , who said that Labour 's campaign was swinging , then that Parliament would be hanging , but must now be counted among the Do n't Know 's . |
| 19 | " The tomato " , says M. Verdier , " imparts its delicious taste , at the same time acid and slightly sweet , to so many sauces and dishes that it can fairly be classed among the best of condiments . |
| 20 | Despite a reputation for excellent work on the relatively small number of accounts they handled , they had no international reputation and certainly would n't be quoted among the top twenty of British advertising agencies as far as billings were concerned . |
| 21 | A picture was subsequently presented in one or other visual field and the subject 's task was to indicate whether or not the probe picture had previously been presented among the memory set . |
| 22 | Mary Leapor has never been forgotten among local historians and scholars in Northamptonshire . |
| 23 | Breeding groups of over 2000 have recently been found among the shelf ice of the Weddell Sea ( Hempel and Stonehouse , 1987 ) ; a small breeding population occurs on South Georgia . |
| 24 | The location of storage , the engram of learning and memory , must therefore be found among those synapses which support activity-dependent changes in synaptic efficiency . |
| 25 | The investment hinges on market research currently being conducted among existing and prospective customers as to whether they favour an upgraded ATP or an entirely new aircraft . |
| 26 | The same pattern certainly is found among people who have migrated to Britain from overseas since the end of the Second World War . |