Example sentences of "[am/are] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need for independence , linked with the need for love , are amongst the last treasures of old age , and should be treated with great delicacy . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ We are in the first stages of saturation coverage . |
| 3 | Should doctors always be so keen to offer abortion as the only solution to women who are in the first throes of disappointment and depression at the news that their baby is not genetically perfect ? |
| 4 | The twelve represent the twelve tribes of Israel , which are in the last days to be gathered in . |
| 5 | Very often day 's residues are among the first associations th that will occur to you . |
| 6 | To a large extent , the decline was a measure of the degree to which record sales are susceptible to inflation : in times of rising prices , and tightening purses , luxury items like recorded music are among the first things people stop buying . |
| 7 | Bees : Bumble bees are among the first insects to appear in the spring . |
| 8 | The last constitute an important Vendian group , and are among the first metazoans to have acquired hard parts . |
| 9 | On the tempestuous north coast , double glazing , central heating and damp proof courses are among the first essentials . |
| 10 | THE men at work on the vast steel chemical tanker standing alone among the deserted wharfs of the Clyde are among the last remnants of Scotland 's proud shipbuilding history . |
| 11 | Its construction , by 30,000 men over vast tracts of unexplored Canadian trains are among the last refuges from the characterless hell of modern travel . |
| 12 | Canadian trains are among the last refuges from the pre-packaged , plastic , characterless hell of modern travel . |
| 13 | They are among the last plants to bloom , often not being fully in flower until early September . |