Example sentences of "[verb] by several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in the faculty he was surrounded by several men of substance with much the same opinions though with less hardness in their advocacy . |
| 2 | Recently this problem has been attacked by several companies including DataEase International with its DataEase Express for Windows package . |
| 3 | Following this , the mill was occupied by several engineering firms who , in their turn , were replaced by the Chalford Stick Company , a concern originally founded in 1903 . |
| 4 | The cave in which , close to despair , he is said to have won fresh heart after seeing a spider succeed in securing a thread of its web after several failed attempts , is claimed by several localities . |
| 5 | ‘ After being approached by several manufacturing companies it became obvious that the manufacturing aspect to our business could be handled by others , leaving us free to concentrate on our core business the design , specification and installation side . ’ |
| 6 | In 1786 Lord was approached by several members of the club , most notably George Finch-Hatton , later ninth Earl of Winchilsea , and Charles Lennox , later fourth Duke of Richmond [ qq.v. ] , who suggested that he should find a new ground for them , because they wanted the privacy of an enclosed ground near the centre of London . |
| 7 | ‘ Ernst Ludwig Kirchner : Paintings , Drawings and Prints ’ is a small survey selected from the museum 's own collection and supplemented by several loans from private sources . |
| 8 | Madonna is reported by several South American news agencies as saying : ‘ I am not afraid of anything . |
| 9 | While strikes might be a thing of the past , at least in most ports , there has been a marked increase in accidents and sickness rates reported by several operators . |
| 10 | Wholphins were reported by several papers — or in fact one Wholphin , the mother a false killer whale , the father a bottle-nose dolphin , born at a Japanese aquarium . |
| 11 | Police have found no case to answer against Stockport lineseman Bob Bowden , reported by several supporters for allegedly making a V sign during Preston 's home game against Shrewsbury in February . |
| 12 | As he stood on the steps before the heavy front door and dug in his pocket for his keys he could hear the ringing of a telephone , blanked and muffled by several layers of brick and plaster . |
| 13 | Sometimes you will be interviewed by several people together , in what is known as a panel interview . |
| 14 | The first variation is the panel interview , where candidates are interviewed by several people . |
| 15 | There are several ‘ anti-viral ’ products available but their topical application , recommended by several authorities , has yet to be shown to have any convincing therapeutic effect . |
| 16 | The major Caledonian basic-ultrabasic intrusive complexes of north-east Scotland ( Wadsworth , 1982 ) have been investigated for copper , nickel , titanium and PGE by several mining companies and the BGS . |
| 17 | There was no room service and we were breakfasting in the hotel dining-room at a table looking out on to a square adorned by several yuccas and some dusty oleanders . |
| 18 | However , the degree to which the maintenance behaviour is absorbed by several people appears to depend on the strength of the task-oriented actor(s) ; that is , if the group is dominated by one person , then , to restore balance to the group , most other members , for reasons which are difficult to understand , may adopt a consensus-seeking , team-building posture . |
| 19 | The New Forest and Butterwood in Hampshire , threatened by several roads , are the subject of case studies identifying flora and fauna of special interest . |
| 20 | The trio say it 's an open specification in the public domain without royalty or licence fees and builds on the work done by several industry groups including CASE Communique and the CASE Interoperability Alliance . |
| 21 | Although the women 's identity remained shielded during the trial , she was named by several news organizations in the pre-trial period , and she chose to reveal her identity in an interview shortly after the verdict . |
| 22 | This , ‘ collected by several hands ’ gave acknowledgment on the title page to ‘ the Mathematical part by G. Gordon and the Botanical by P. Miller ’ . |
| 23 | Though separated by several generations it showed strongly . |
| 24 | A partnership between a school or college and a company on the doorstep will be different from one where the partners are separated by several miles or an extended bus journey . |
| 25 | However , the journeys of smolts and mature salmon are often separated by several months , and so the smolts ' odour would have to be very persistent to act as a guide . |
| 26 | The centenary of Ivon Hitchens ' birth is commemorated by several exhibitions of his work . |
| 27 | Molecular alterations correlating with the phenotype of these mutants have been sought by several laboratories . |
| 28 | [ Iraqi target , citing map references ] … was bombed by several fighter bombers of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran . |
| 29 | Other solo attempts were made by several countries . |
| 30 | Despite the advances made by several clubs and in spite of the tireless education advice offered by the Scottish Professional Footballers Association , football remains an attractive place for the walking wounded . |