Example sentences of "[am/are] divided [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're divided into hybrid teas , which normally have one large bloom at the end of each stem and are often quite highly scented , and floribundas , which have a group of smaller blooms and usually less scent . |
| 2 | Er , polling , yes you do , they 're divided into little booths and you have a little |
| 3 | And that means er that they 're divided into what we call er Non-executive Directors ; that is to say , people who er have other interests and other jobs , but spend part of their time er as Health Authority members er and the Executive Directors of the Authority who are the full-time , er full-time staff . |
| 4 | You have certain formatted sections that are the news , straight stuff , or running tabular matter or whatever , but then somebody weighs in on each section , at El Sol we have a graphics person on each desk , but they 're divided into work groups so different work groups do different pages . |
| 5 | This paper , regarded by students of horology as a classic of its kind , suggested that the United States be divided along longitude lines into a number of time zones , each one precisely one hour behind its eastern neighbour . |
| 6 | In South Africa , God has ordained that the world be divided between the races : black and white , Boer and Brit , them and us . |
| 7 | A loaf or a crust of bread can : be divided between everybody be snatched become part of a ceremony , or a ritual . |
| 8 | Where the landlord is able to choose how to divide ownership and responsibility for a party structure it is suggested that the structure be divided between adjoining owners and that each owner have an easement of support over the other 's half . |
| 9 | It stands on a rusticated arcade , the windows with their mullions and transoms still have their broken triangular pediments and the bays are divided with strapwork of Mannerist design . |
| 10 | It only has two eyes but they are divided for viewing above and below the water surface . |
| 11 | The majority of College finance is provided by central government grants , which are divided at local level into that required to provide central administrative and support services , and that used to finance the College operations , allocated on a pro-rata basis to individual establishments dependent on the level of course provision and student numbers . |
| 12 | I refer to this significant dispute in passing , without engaging in it , except to say that feminists are divided on whether they want to establish a countercanon or extend the existing one . |
| 13 | At Vauxhall the unions are divided on a two-year offer of a 9.7 per cent rise plus a lump sum payment of £200 in the first year and inflation-plus-£5 in the second . |
| 14 | It is thought that members of the authority are divided on the issue . |
| 15 | The unions are divided on the subject . |
| 16 | Even though the phrase that Jesus was ‘ born of the Virgin Mary ’ is found in the creeds of the universal Christian Church , Christians are divided on the interpretation of this event . |
| 17 | For the first dimension , five used were : whether executive power is concentrated ( as in the British Cabinet ) or shared ( as in the Swiss Federal Council , in which all parties are represented ) ; whether the executive dominates ( as in the UK ) , or shares power with the legislature ( as in the United States ) ; whether there is a two or a multi-party system ; whether parties are divided on one political dimension ( e.g. the typical left-right division in Great Britain ) or several ( as in The Netherlands ) ; and whether elections use plurality or proportional representation procedures . |
| 18 | Both Conservative and Labour MPs are divided on the issue , which is always allowed a free vote . |
| 19 | Historians are divided on how seriously to take this association idea . |
| 20 | Mr Everitt says the answer is longer sentences , but experts are divided on whether institutionalising young offenders is the best solution … |
| 21 | Politicians are divided on the issue . |
| 22 | On the eve of the crucial Commons vote on the Maastricht Treaty , Conservative MPs in the Central South region are divided on the issue . |
| 23 | At a mid-point in the novel there occurs McClintoch 's complaint that people are divided into the ‘ attractive ’ and the ‘ unattractive ’ , rather as , according to Disraeli , as Graham duly notes , Victorian England was divided into the two nations ' of rich and poor . |
| 24 | They are divided into three categories : Quality Product of the Year , Newcomer of the Year and Equipment Innovation of the Year . |
| 25 | The 40 executives are divided into an inner group of 15 , who will buy three- quarters of the shares , and an outer group of 25 , who divide up the remaining quarter . |
| 26 | Each of these constables has his own separate patch , so that Easton 's built-up areas are divided into nine beats . |
| 27 | After the lecture the cadets are divided into groups of about twenty-five to discuss the implications of all that they have heard . |
| 28 | There are many thousands of varieties of rice , but they are divided into two main groups — long and short grain . |
| 29 | The collections of the National Museum are divided into pre- and post-Magyar sections , both labelled in Hungarian . |
| 30 | But the essence remains the same : a Chief Leader has his team of leaders ; the young explorers are divided into 12-strong ‘ fires ’ — a notion of Murray Levick 's , who said he wanted only as many people as could decently sit round a campfire . |