Example sentences of "among the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the presence of Holly-jack — evergreen woman among the slowly transforming Scarag — was familiar to him ; there was a story-cycle about her , but he did n't know the details . |
| 2 | Her argument was that it had offered the women of rock ‘ much worship with little esteem … choosing their image from among the already available fantasies and maybe undercutting it with a little irony . ’ |
| 3 | Prospects of even greater longevity in future among the already long-lived have served to enhance concern still further . |
| 4 | ‘ Among the already endangered species directly threatened by global warming are the giant panda , blue sheep and the Yangtze dolphin . ’ |
| 5 | The major division among the exceptionally gifted intellectuals of Russia 's ‘ marvellous decade ’ ( 1838–48 ) was between the so-called Slavophiles and the Westerners . |
| 6 | Branson was not able to inspire the same sense of esprit de corps among the hastily assembled team of Event journalists as he had always done among the staff at Virgin , and the magazine quickly became rife with internecine dispute and conspiracy theories . |
| 7 | Industrial visits , such as South Yorkshire 's visit to Forgemasters Steel in Sheffield , were among the particularly interesting events . |
| 8 | SHe 'd heard about how gender meddling had been outlawed because of the high suicide rate among the successfully mutated . |
| 9 | A growing rift was apparent between Iran and Turkey over competition for influence among the newly independent Central Asian states and over the future role and shape of ECO . |
| 10 | Furthermore , they do not find a ‘ downward assimilation ’ among the downwardly mobile and propose the existence of a ‘ ratchet effect ’ which could lead to increased demands for HE during periods of high gross social mobility . |
| 11 | But the utilitarian function of keeping church walls dry hardly accounts for the occasionally bizarre juxtaposition of the sacred and profane : Christ and the saints among the foully contorted and pagan fertility symbols , the Virgin Mary elbowed by giants ( usually depicted with both hands pulling back fierce lips ) . |
| 12 | He resumes a remarkably productive partnership with pianist John Taylor , himself among the best around . |
| 13 | These are not necessarily new , but they are among the best published in recent years . |
| 14 | These units are among the best trained and equipped in the Egyptian army . |
| 15 | British nurses were among the best trained in Europe but — thanks to the restrictive practices of the medical profession — were given the most limited responsibilities . |
| 16 | These smart , modern rooms are among the best on the island , being modern , immaculate and attractively furnished . |
| 17 | There is an urgent need to improve the training of our young people to make them among the best trained in Europe , in the skills needed for industry , for the present and for the future . |
| 18 | Working with a different pianist each night provided an infinite variety of the best and worst musicians in the country , and among the best were the few who listened with a different ear , who could lose the rest of the world and let voice and instrument be controlled by a joint spirit . |
| 19 | The 20-year-old from St Helens scored five goals in four games to put City back on course and the two at Goodison were among the best seen anywhere this year. , both the products of nerveless execution . |
| 20 | The players owe a debt to the club and those long-suffering fans who have made them among the best paid in the game . |
| 21 | Among the best were those which posed questions and encouraged individual schools to evaluate their own practice , eg |
| 22 | Godwins , who started running courses over 12 years ago , are among the best known independent financial advisers concerned with pre-retirement . |
| 23 | All are within easy reach of Gubbio which is among the best restored medieval towns in Umbria . |
| 24 | Among the best remembered are Anchors Aweigh ( 1945 ) , in which Gene Kelly as a sailor on leave in LA , teaches Jerry Mouse to dance ; Kelly again in the ‘ Sinbad The Sailor ’ segment of Invitation to the Dance , with music from Rimsky-Korsakov 's symphonic suite , Scheherazade ; and Mary Poppins ( 1964 ) , in which Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke encounter a variety of Disneyfied animals . |
| 25 | Among the best known walrus ivories are the crozier from the Norse cathedral of St Nicholas at Gardar in south Greenland and the chessmen and board of Icelandic or Scottish workmanship from the Isle of Lewis , now in the British Museum . |
| 26 | However , she is among the best organised of girls and golfers , and there is no danger of her reneging on her original plan . |
| 27 | Several private-sector companies have specialized in the production of GIS ; among the best known are Arc-Info ( ESRI , USA ) , Intergraph ( Intergraph , USA ) , Informap ( Synoptics , USA ) , 1 2 S ( International Imaging Systems , USA ) , SPANS ( Tydac Technology Ltd , Canada ) , Sicad ( Siemens , Germany ) , METROPOLIS ( LaserScan Ltd. , UK ) and System 9 ( Prime Computers , USA and Wild Heerbrugg , Switzerland ) . |
| 28 | Very often the jobs in TNC factories are among the best paid and most highly valued in developing countries . |
| 29 | SIR , — Among the best known of Aesop 's fables is the story of the tortoise and the hare . |
| 30 | But he insisted that US water supplies were " among the best protected in the world " . |