Example sentences of "[adv prt] by other [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside the building there were skirmishes among several thousand protesters when a minority attempted to protect the East German flag , which was hauled down by other demonstrators and replaced with the hammer and compass emblem cut out . |
| 2 | The population of aphids is normally kept down by other animals that feed on them . |
| 3 | After all , at this end of the market where incomes are low and where applicants for credit may well have been turned down by other types of lender , lenders may feel that they have to discriminate particularly carefully to be sure of recovering their money . |
| 4 | It is large and tall and difficult of access and to view due to its position in the centre of the town , closely hedged in by other buildings . |
| 5 | Pieces from continental Europe were brought in by other POETS group companies , and P&O Containers transported works from Japan and the USA . |
| 6 | Why a structure that had originally been a smell-brain should prove so useful when taken over by other senses is not clear . |
| 7 | While this gets them both young and older females there is a price to pay , since big harems are the least stable and most easily taken over by other males . |
| 8 | Even in the mid-1980s , after major parts of its operations had been taken over by other bodies , it still employed 13,500 people . |
| 9 | Optical-fibre cable kinked , snarled in bushes , run over by other vehicles too short to reach control centre . |
| 10 | Our huggable bunny may well be eaten by a fox , it may well be eaten by us , or it may start to be eaten by micro-organisms , die and be finished off by other microorganisms . |
| 11 | If this is done , then the work of individual teachers within the school contributes to the general pattern of pupils ' development , rather than being wasted because it is not adequately prepared for , or followed up by other teachers . |
| 12 | A request for a date from the harasser that gets the reply — ‘ Sorry , I 'm busy Friday night ’ — may certainly be followed up by other requests . |
| 13 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option , but you can only grant or cancel special links between yourself and other users ; you can not change links set up by other users . |
| 14 | They told themselves that they might be frightened off if they knew that Derek was backed up by other members of his family . |
| 15 | ‘ Ms McGinley has turned down two reasonable offers , which have subsequently been taken up by other tenants . |
| 16 | The publicity he gave to the idea in his paper was taken up by other newspapers and the example of Gloucester was followed all over the country . |
| 17 | Are its statements backed up by other sources , biblical or non-biblical , or by archaeology ? |
| 18 | Cleveland County Council hopes an attempt it made to stop solvent abuse is taken up by other authorities . |
| 19 | The report warns service providers against offering global ‘ one-stop shopping ’ services , as they may then find that the more attractive routes or services are picked up by other types of provider with cheaper offerings . |
| 20 | And the claim to autonomous ducal sover-eighty over a duchy was soon to be taken up by other princes — the dukes of Brittany , Normandy and , ultimately , Burgundy . |
| 21 | ‘ But with half the world 's sports Press in town , the idea that we 're a twosome could be picked up by other reporters and become accepted knowledge , ’ Ashley had protested . |
| 22 | If the module is called up by other packages managed by other users , it can only be modified , copied or deleted if the agreement of the relevant package managers is obtained . |
| 23 | If the module is called up by other packages managed by other users , it can only be modified , copied or deleted if the agreement of the relevant package managers is obtained . |
| 24 | His boat beached and tied up by other hands , probably the same ones which murdered him . ’ |
| 25 | It would be difficult at school to devote time both to the study of previous philosophers and to the application of philosophy to the current problems thrown up by other subjects . |
| 26 | The lovely smell of beer and tobacco smoke built up over almost a hundred years was being driven out by other smells : fresh paint , newly-glued-together plastic and fried food . |
| 27 | The political consequences of marriage were frequently cancelled out by other counter-alliances . |
| 28 | The validity of this approach has been borne out by other studies combining immunocytochemistry with DNA sequencing that have found accumulation of protein to be invariably associated with the presence of a mutant p53 allele . |
| 29 | The Unit also endeavours to encourage collaborative research and to act as a source of advice for studies carried out by other organisations . |
| 30 | Members of the non-TUC Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel will today begin receiving ballot forms and a letter from their ruling body explaining why APAP leaders agreed to recommend acceptance of an 18-month , 9 per cent deal thrown out by other unions . |