Example sentences of "among them the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angry young Tamils had started their terrorist movements , among them the Tamil Tigers , and so the terrible cycle of destruction and retribution began . |
| 2 | The petition is supported by numerous international scholars of Ethiopia and Africa , among them the Russian historian of Axum , Yuri Kobischanov ; the British archaeologist , David Buxton ; the Italian historian of Ethiopia , Angelo Del Boca ; and the African historian Ali Mazuri . |
| 3 | But that is not a view held by those who lack the imagination to enter into the hearts and minds of others , and to do to them as they would be done by ; among them the then Home Secretary and the then Lord Chief Justice . |
| 4 | And over the past eighteen months several agencies , among them the International Fund for Ireland and LEDU , have begun to have a presence in the most economically underdeveloped areas and to make claims about how they are targeting resources on places like West Belfast . |
| 5 | Many unexpected features greet the visitor to Edelson House , among them the semi-circular oil-on-canvas paintings above the doorways into the attractive lounge and dining room . |
| 6 | BGS issues daily geomagnetic activity forecasts , making use of the most recent information on solar activity , and operates a real-time geomagnetic disturbance monitoring service for commercial customers , among them the European Space Agency , which has commissioned BGS to produce long- and short-term forecasts of solar and geomagnetic activity . |
| 7 | Pawley and Syder provide a number of examples , among them the following : |
| 8 | She was 15 at the time of the wedding , and was to present him with seven children , among them the future Charles I. She also presented him with an embarrassing situation by deciding after a while to become a Roman Catholic . |
| 9 | Whatever , there was a major gathering of old and new , among them the Canadian Brian Stemmle , Switzerland 's 1987 world champion Peter Mueller , Austria 's Armin Assinger and Italy 's Michael Mair , all returning from serious injury . |
| 10 | These people might indeed be said to have had a right to move once again centre stage , and so it is hardly surprising to find among them the great names of the first Napoleonic age . |
| 11 | Three of the twelve directors strongly opposed the plan ; among them the redoubtable Mr. Hurst . |
| 12 | There were love stories — among them the lovely tale of how Rebekah 's father tricked Jacob into doing double time for his daughter . |
| 13 | Between 1908 and 1948 several groups negotiated the needs of older people , among them the National Conference on Old Age Pensions ( NCOAP ) , the National Spinsters ' Pensions Association ( which played an important role in the reduction of women 's pension age from 65 to 60 ) , the National Federation of Old Age Pensions Associations ( NFOAPA ) , and the National Old People 's Welfare Committee , established by voluntary groups during the Second World War . |
| 14 | Over the centuries a number of species have become extinct , among them the Mexican grizzly bear , great auk and passenger pigeon . |
| 15 | Here there are again overlaps with political theory and with general sociology , which cultural sociology can not replace but to which it can try to contribute its distinctive emphasis on the organization of signifying systems and on the special kinds of social formation which are professionally concerned with this , among them the difficult category usually identified as ‘ intellectuals ’ . |
| 16 | While his clients have included dealers and museums , among them the British Museum , Patrick de Bayser says he is aiming mainly for a clientèle of private collectors . |
| 17 | To be sure , there is evident in the modern world a trend toward collectivism , but this can assume , and has assumed , very diverse forms : among them the fascist corporate state ; the Stalinist autocracy and the highly regulated society , dominated by a single party , which succeeded it ; the ‘ mixed economy ’ of the capitalist welfare states , in which some important sectors of the economy are publicly owned , a vast network of publicly financed and administered social services exists , and the national economy is regulated and partly planned by the state , which now employs a substantial and increasing proportion of the active population ; and the former Yugoslav system of self-management in an economy which was largely publicly owned . |
| 18 | Vale built up his reputation as a ‘ low comedian ’ in the provinces , playing mostly in farces and adaptations , among them the musical comedy , The Boarding House , or Five Hours at Brighton , by Samuel Beazley [ q.v. ] , in which he played the comic militiaman Simon Spatterdash , a propounder of curious comparisons , a role with which he became completely identified off-stage , so that his fame spread far and wide . |
| 19 | They had been conquered by Menelik but among them the Abyssinian imprint was as yet barely discernible , for which I was thankful . |
| 20 | So this wo n't displace those accounts listed above , nor indeed one or two others made in the studio , among them the underrated Janowitz/DG version ( I am pleased to see that is listed in the current Good CD Guide ) . |