Example sentences of "[adj] be among " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the innovation opportunities that changes in the numbers of people and their age distribution , education , occupations , and geographic location make possible are among the most rewarding and least risky of entrepreneurial pursuits . |
| 2 | In fact , gardens that are long and narrow are among the more simple to design because they can be broken down very easily into separate garden areas or ‘ rooms ’ , each of them having a different function or theme . |
| 3 | ‘ Better ways of doing this are among the main objectives of PROFIT . |
| 4 | The British are among the biggest sugar consumers in the developed world , eating around 100grams or 4oz a day . |
| 5 | The wealthy nations of the world generate most of the tourists — the Japanese , Germans , Americans , Scandinavians and British are among the most widely travelled . |
| 6 | This is among the proposals contained in a consultative document issued by the Department of Trade and Industry to implement the cancellation provisions of the Second Life Assurance Directive and proposed Third Life Assurance Directive . |
| 7 | This is among the best versions of this symphony , not perhaps quite as good as Blomstedt 's but very recommendable . |
| 8 | I mean Mr Chairman it may just say honestly , I mean this is among ourselves from the commercial point of view there 's no doubt about it , I 'm in the grocery trade , the more you get on a lorry when you deliver you get every single |
| 9 | This was among the failures , along with Renoir 's red-chalk studies , Jawlensky 's ‘ Variation ’ , and two dark Mueller lithographs . |
| 10 | Since Plato ( dreamed that he ) saw Socrates most days , and this was among the most vivid and consistent of all his experiences ( dreams ? ) , and since Socrates said things which he , Plato , had not thought of before and which sometimes surprised him , Plato found it most consistent and convenient to ’ believe ’ that Socrates really did exist . |
| 11 | ‘ This was among them , and that 's why I came here . ’ |
| 12 | In addition to the books already mentioned , the following are among others of value : Burke 's General Armory , published in 1842 and reissued in facsimile in London in 1984 . |
| 13 | The following are among the best of literally thousands of restaurants . |
| 14 | The following were among the names in the new year honours list : |
| 15 | The following were among the more prominent : Hrvatski Demokratski Blok ( HDB — Croat Democratic Bloc ) ; Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica ( HDZ — Croatian Democratic Union , Slavko Degoricija pres . ) ; |
| 16 | The following were among the findings reported at a conference in Anchorage , Alaska : — brain damage in seals similar to that found in people who die from solvent abuse ; this would have disoriented the animals and affected basic physiological functions like breathing ; it is suspected that many seals drowned , but because dead seals sink an accurate assessment of deaths has not been possible ; — the disappearance of a group of killer whales that had lived in the sound , possibly also due to the " solvent abuse effect " ; — deaths among sea otters not only from hypothermia ( because oil stuck to their fur destroyed its insulating properties ) but from emphysema caused by breathing in toxic fumes and from liver and kidney damage caused by ingesting oil ; — failure to breed among many species of birds since the accident , either because of the death rate within colonies at the time ( in the case of guillemots ) or because continued exposure to oil-polluted food sources is preventing reproduction ; — death tolls of up to 40 per cent for eggs laid by salmon , herring and other fish , and deformities and withered muscles among fish that did hatch . |
| 17 | The introduction and enforcement of strict drink-driving laws and speed limits backed up by forceful television advertisements produced a large reduction in deaths from road traffic accidents , the death rate in relation to the number of vehicles in 1991 being among the lowest in the world . |
| 18 | Of the three hundred Americans on board , anxious to get back across the Atlantic to safety , twenty-eight were among more than a hundred people drowned . |
| 19 | Sabine was among the many girls of Irish descent who entered one of eight regional finals held in Guinness Irish pubs throughout Germany , all culminating in the national final held in the Irish Pub in Berlin 's Europa Centre . |
| 20 | The three are among more than 30 ales available at the Small Beer Festival from tonight . |
| 21 | And a quarter-century later , in the Pisan cantos , when the poet is imprisoned in the American Army detention-camp at Pisa , these are among the memories which come back to him most poignantly . |
| 22 | Ambivalence towards European culture , doubts about the possibilities of finding an authentic voice , a restless search for confidence and self-esteem , these are among the many bitter fruits of colonial rule in Latin America . |
| 23 | These are among the enticing participatory events organised by museums and art galleries for the holidays . |
| 24 | These are among the reasons why Sir Claus is so sceptical of election polling . |
| 25 | These are among the treasures of old Prussia . |
| 26 | These are among the most important aspects of keeping butterflies or angels , any shortcomings will stress the fish . |
| 27 | Truth , trust , acceptance , restraint , obligation — these are among the social virtues grounded in religious belief which are also now seen to play a central role in the functioning of an individualistic , contractual economy . |
| 28 | These are among the questions that this pamphlet will attempt to tackle . |
| 29 | Curiously enough , however , these are among the very people who tend to shy away from any kind of subjective description of what being a believer is like , and one frequently finds an empathic researcher who does not believe and may even be unsympathetic giving us a greater insight into what it is like to be a member of a particular religion ( see , for example , Cashmore , 1983 ; Judah , 1974 , Westley , 1983 or Lofland , 1976 ) . |
| 30 | Sampling the local cuisine , enjoying the atmosphere of foreign hotels , shopping for souvenirs or for that special gift for a loved one — these are among the pleasures of travelling in Europe on holiday or business . |