Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] among the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several of these are the homes of major defence contractors ( such as Boeing in Washington ) , and should be among the major beneficiaries of the defence appropriation process ; some of the links are less obvious , such as that between the alfalfa producers of inland Texas and the production of military uniforms . |
| 2 | What a strange freak of human history it is that the Declaration of Independence should be among the lineal ancestors of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ! |
| 3 | Land by the Shropshire Union Canal in Boughton and further down by the Tower Wharf could be among the prime sites . |
| 4 | That they 'd be among the lucky ones . |
| 5 | So far as I know there is no definition of what constitutes a Cabinet Committee and , as the practice has grown , I believe there may be among the 70-odd Committees in the book some with less title to be treated as Cabinet Committees than some of the 700-odd interdepartmental committees of which we have no detailed information at all . |
| 6 | Both Soviet and British spheres of influence should be discouraged as far as possible , though it was accepted that such spheres would be among the inescapable facts of contemporary life . |
| 7 | There is , of course , something risible about proposing that armies of 70-year-olds should come to the rescue of those older still , and by no means all of those who will be among the young elderly in the year 2010 will want to perform that role . |
| 8 | He will be among the chemical manufacturers . |
| 9 | Non-working wives with incomes from savings or investment will be among the main beneficiaries as they will be able to receive tax free income or interest equivalent to their personal allowance . |
| 10 | ( Pavarotti , Domingo and Carreras will be among the musical turns . ) |