Example sentences of "are among " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tiao Sisoumang Sisaleumsak and Houmphanh Norasing , both detained since 1975 , are among 33 detainees still held in Laos ' northeastern province of Houa Phanh . |
| 2 | They are not due for release until 1992 , and are among some 400 young men held in Greek prisons for their refusal on religious grounds to perform military service . |
| 3 | Yet buildings like the Nag 's Head and the Prospect Inn are among the most delightful of their period , and their careful restoration might inspire similar and much needed projects elsewhere . |
| 4 | Soups , salads , potatoes and other hot vegetables , hot puddings , fruit and yoghurt are fixed-priced items : main courses and the ‘ grill bar special ’ are among those which can be adjusted . |
| 5 | Garlic , cloves , chives , tarragon , peppers and even nettles are among the many ingredients often combined with mustard |
| 6 | The following hardy green manures are among those most suitable for autumn sowing . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Colour co-ordinated plant arrangements and an easy way to propagate begonias are among the bright ideas suggested by Carol Kurrein this month |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There are British Poundians , and they are among the best . |
| 11 | Hackney and Tower Hamlets are among the boroughs worst affected by shortages . |
| 12 | Dr Van Vliet admits botanic gardens are among those who obtain rare orchids from the wild with no questions asked . |
| 13 | David Lodge , whose Changing Places ( 1975 ) and Small World ( 1984 ) are among the best of the Higher Education narratives , admits that Nice Work was the novel with which he consciously tried to lose the name of campus novelist . |
| 14 | It comes close to shaming some of its own stable-mates , too , and they are among the swiftest in their class . |
| 15 | Nearly 5,000 Rolls-Royce workers at Glasgow and Coventry are among 24,000 who will vote on whether to strike , so spearheading the campaign to cut the working week from 39 hours to 35 . |
| 16 | Art should identify and condemn injustice and evil , but it can never properly be used to humiliate those , living or dead , who are among the best of our species . |
| 17 | Following their defeat of Ampleforth , Mount St Mary 's beat a successful Leeds GS side 39-3 , suggesting that they are among the strongest school sides in the country . |
| 18 | And sponsors claim that BBC producers are among the most persistent canvassers for their cash . |
| 19 | The taxmen , who are among the most efficient and unpopular figures in France , have been engaged in various forms of industrial action for 19 weeks . |
| 20 | They are among eight Kurds facing imminent deportation who have been moved from Haslar detention centre , near Gosport , to Winchester prison . |
| 21 | CHRISTY MOORE Costello , The Pogues , and U2 are among a hoard of artists quick to declare the Irish folk-singer 's influence . |
| 22 | Jackie McLean , Benny Golson , Bobby Watson and Curtis Fuller are among those rumoured to be involved . |
| 23 | Matthew Ridge , a full-back of Anglo-Armenian parentage and astonishing gifts , and centre Craig Innes are among those making their first impressions . |
| 24 | Players will tend to perform better when they are among friends than when they are placed in unfamiliar surroundings . |
| 25 | GOALKEEPERS Toni Schumacher and Jean-Marie Pfaff are among 46 foreign players who learned yesterday that their lucrative attachments to Turkish clubs will be terminated at the end of the season . |
| 26 | Some late works , notably the Fourteenth Symphony and the songs on Michaelangelo texts are among his greatest . |
| 27 | Great Communicator and Pay The Butler , winners of the Breeders ' Cup Turf and the Japan Cup , are among his opponents . |
| 28 | The final miles are among the best of the whole route through Lakeland fells giving marvellous views of Windermere . |
| 29 | ‘ I wonder if these councillors realise that anglers are among the people who vote them in in the first place , and who they are supposed to serve ? , ’ he asked . |
| 30 | 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 . |