Example sentences of "be [vb pp] among [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the range of paintings adorning her home , recent works by people like Duncan Shanks are scattered among the woodcuts of her late husband and earlier favourites like DY Cameron . |
| 2 | Other firms engaged in merchant banking are scattered among the categories of ‘ foreign ’ , ‘ other British ’ and ‘ consortium ’ banks . |
| 3 | In the familiar world in which we live , ducklings are not known for their propensity for attacking farmers ; they are classed among the victims of the killing process . |
| 4 | It had been thought among the citizens of the Southern Capital that the new pharaoh , Tutankhamun , whose own Chief Wife was a daughter of Nefertiti , might have renovated the Death Halls of her mother . |
| 5 | One suggestion is that pre-exposure to the context , by preventing the subsequent formation of context-target associations , might enhance latent inhibition because it ensures that particularly strong associations will be formed among the elements of the target itself . |
| 6 | Employment with the Council shall be included among the kinds of employment to which a scheme under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 can apply , and accordingly in Schedule 1 to that Act ( in which those kinds of employment are listed ) , at the end of the list of ’ Other Bodies ’ there is inserted — ’ Scottish Further Education Funding Council . ’ |
| 7 | Buddhism started with being morality without worship ; and it is as a system of morality , but of morality as being of inherent obligation , that Buddhism claims to be reckoned among the religions of the world . |
| 8 | In the absence of any notable achievement , these rather ineffable qualities of character must be counted among the reasons for Irwin 's despatch to India . |
| 9 | It is true that the shareholders would make an impact if they were to agree to vote in the same way , but this will usually involve the costs of educating and obtaining the co-operation of other shareholders being borne by individual activist members , and these are likely to outweigh the benefits that will be captured by them , since any increase in the value of the company attributable to intervention will be distributed among the shareholders as a whole . |
| 10 | first , what services are to be allocated to local government as a whole ; second , how are these services to be distributed among the agencies of local government itself . |
| 11 | In the happier situation where the assets are sufficient , s. 44(b) provides that debts and liabilities to persons outside the partnership are to be settled first : partners ' loans should then be repaid ; thereafter , partners ' capital contributions and finally any surplus assets should be distributed among the partners in the same proportions as they are entitled to take a share in the profits . |
| 12 | It confirmed that the alliance 's High-Level Task Force would intensify efforts to reach a formula whereby force reductions emanating from a treaty would be allocated among the allies in such a way as to maintain NATO 's overall conventional capability . |
| 13 | American quotations can be found among the sayings of every past President from Washington , Jefferson , Lincoln , Roosevelt , and Kennedy to Reagan . |
| 14 | Dhondt had an important point : the ancestors of some of the great houses of the twelfth century are indeed to be found among the recipients of Charles 's favour . |
| 15 | And to compound the difficulty of how best to interpret the statistics , the author of the test has conceded that physicians , instrument makers , naval experts , agricultural reformers , and general applied scientists are more often to be found among the parliamentarians in the sample . |
| 16 | There is no end to the recounting of social ritual , communications , behavioural patterns , sensory perception and motor activity , to be found among the creatures of this physical world , human or otherwise . |
| 17 | Their leaders will continue to be found among the ranks of the political faithful — at least until privatisation , or political reform , moves forward . |
| 18 | Informal negotiations began between the two parties and in May 1203 Philip was prepared to make concessions — not a single secular prince was to be found among the names of the signatories . |
| 19 | She glimpsed again that girlish figure momentarily outlined against the walls of the abbey only to slip away like a wraith and be lost among the shadows of the beach . |
| 20 | The Great Western Railway set aside , £250 annually to be divided among the winners of twelve sections , with a first prize of £5 in each section . |
| 21 | Section 3(1) of that Act provides that in the action such damages , other than damages for bereavement , may be awarded as are proportioned for the injury resulting from the death to the dependants respectively , and the amount so recovered , after deducting the costs not recovered from the defendant , is to be divided among the dependants in such shares as may be directed . |
| 22 | Besides the inventory of the shop , several stringed instruments and scores of operas by Lully were listed among the contents of Martin 's bedroom . |
| 23 | None of these pupils had used a diagram to assist them to obtain their answers , although a few diagrams were found among the descriptions of methods sent in by teachers in one liaison group . |
| 24 | A short passage leads into the main chamber , and the visitor is trapped among the plants of prey Traps are the main theme of this exhibition . |
| 25 | But it is still generally recognized as a Methodist village , and Hannah is counted among the worshippers at the chapel who are , in the main , elderly . |
| 26 | CURRENT fashion in British gardening is illustrated among the gardens from 30 nations exhibited at the Floriade at The Hague , the dazzling horticulture show held in Holland only once every decade , which was opened by Queen Beatrix yesterday and will run for seven months . |
| 27 | McKay was joined among the qualifiers by another West of Scotland girl , Janice Moodie . |
| 28 | The skull was placed among the bones of Arak , and through the heat and the smoke Tallis watched the watching eyes , three cold people from an ancient day , remembering and honouring the dead . |
| 29 | Emphasis on analogies and external characters led to the splitting up of the marsupials , so that the thylacine was placed among the dogs despite its extraordinary reproductive system . |
| 30 | It was demonstrated by the fact that even after her death Sharon Tate was listed among the enemies of one extreme group , along with Lyndon Johnson , Richard Nixon , Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago and the Governor of California , Ronald Reagan who had just instructed his forces of law and order to ‘ take whatever action necessary ’ to quell campus riots . |