Example sentences of "[verb] by other [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are very single-minded , refuse to be dominated by other dogs and will gladly dominate their owners , too , if given the opportunity ! |
| 2 | I drive in through a side entrance of the Royal Academy and queue , surrounded by other artists . |
| 3 | Then she lay down to rest in the lounge , surrounded by other women who even here never stopped talking . |
| 4 | Each is then surrounded by other adults from the group . |
| 5 | Emily knew that her beautiful daughter had a dozen friends at school , she had seen her walking down the street when classes were over , surrounded by other girls . |
| 6 | ‘ I think we 'll end up with some kind of big confrontation , ’ he said , leaning back in his desk chair , surrounded by other desks and with an open window looking over the rest of downtown . |
| 7 | Cameron , needing nothing , sat around the house , surrounded by other peoples ' books and music and art . |
| 8 | ‘ America is so big that bands are n't surrounded by other bands trying to do the same thing . |
| 9 | The seeds are brought to the nest , though the gardens are sometimes colonized by other plants , e.g. Anthurium sp . |
| 10 | One would have had greater confidence if the selection were from a longer list nominated by other bodies unconnected with the government of the day . |
| 11 | Do you employ any defence mechanisms to protect your firm against poaching by other firms via headhunters ? |
| 12 | Companies in the survey were asked if they used any mechanisms to protect themselves against poaching by other businesses employing headhunters . |
| 13 | Firstly through exhibitions and our support for exhibitions organised by other organizations , and also by taking crafts into schools so that we are , if you like , exposing the younger generation to the best in the craft world , in the hope that in the future they will be the buyers of good craft work . |
| 14 | This stopped banks in the bond-underwriting syndicate run by the country 's big three — Union Bank of Switzerland ( UBS ) , Swiss Bank Corporation ( SBC ) and Crédit Suisse — from taking part in issues organised by other banks . |
| 15 | Some of the office rooms were comfortable enough in their way — far more so , indeed , than those in the new building — still , they were most inconveniently arranged , in proof of which it need only be mentioned that the Secretary of State in going from his own room to the Cabinet Room had to pass through two rooms occupied by other persons . |
| 16 | Laden wagons could shelter in such porches if the threshing floors were already occupied by other vehicles unloading . |
| 17 | Er item five on the minutes was , Can we combat the competition posed by other children 's activities ? |
| 18 | One striking development was the two clusters of ILR stations accumulated by Crown Communications and Capital Radio ( themselves part owned by other organizations ) . |
| 19 | ‘ We are regularly approached by other firms who want to order promotional material , say 5,000 mugs or t-shirts with their company name , we pass these orders on to our operatives . ’ |
| 20 | Some rankings have more than the approval of the author of a guide , and are attested by other authorities , local or even national . |
| 21 | Kanamycin is included in the guidelines , but this has long been superseded by other aminoglycosides . |
| 22 | Gregory 's picture of Theudebert as a great monarch can be supplemented by other sources . |
| 23 | These treaties have not remained immutable but have been amended and supplemented by other treaties over the course of time . |
| 24 | Rice was supplemented by other foods grown in the villages . |
| 25 | Research has confirmed that Glasgow has too many old properties of the wrong size and in the wrong place , in contrast to the attractive greenfield sites — some with special status — enjoyed by other areas of Scotland . |
| 26 | Serbia is the last government in Yugoslavia to face EC trade restrictions , which prevent its products from receiving the privileged access enjoyed by other republics . |
| 27 | Close examination of these histories found similar patterns to those reported by other researchers , such as Dex ( 1987 ) , Elias and Main ( 1982 ) , and Stewart and Greenhalgh ( 1984 ) . |
| 28 | These findings agree with results reported by other researchers investigating fluid transport in vivo . |
| 29 | The H pylori antibody positivity rate of 39% of young adults in 1969 is somewhat higher than that reported by other surveys and the consistency of our antibody results over the 21 year period that the testing is valid . |
| 30 | comparable results have been reported by other authors ( McFarland and Ashton , 1978b ; Bowers , Neilman , Satz and Altman 1978 ) . |