Example sentences of "it [verb] other [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It harasses other gulls until they drop their hard-won food and then swoops down to catch it — often in mid-air .
2 By ‘ thought ’ Descartes did not just mean deliberation , or some strictly intellectual activity ; he took it to include other forms of consciousness , such as imagining and feeling .
3 Any initial work in multicultural mathematics may be seen to be tokenistic , especially if the only obvious reason for its inclusion is that it represents other cultures .
4 It created other offences — violent disorder , affray and threatening behaviour .
5 It exhibits other features found in the Avenue mosaic ( e.g. the fan-flower of sixteen petals with a guilloche knot at its centre , and the lotus buds which occupy the angles of the pavements ) , and which are here associated with pelta-urns with volutes of two or three bands , ( i.e. motif stylistically closer to those at Chedworth ) .
6 Although the anti-Bcl-2 antibody did not label the plasma membrane , we can not exclude the possibility that it labelled other organelles in addition to the nuclear envelope and ER .
7 What else does the superego do , because it certainly does all of that , but it has other functions .
8 Moreover , if we explore the course of English Literature , if we consider from what source its stream has sprung , by what tributaries it has been fed , and with how rich and full current it has come down to us , we shall see that it has other advantages not to be found elsewhere .
9 It has other advantages as well .
10 Alright it reduces trade in agricultural products , but it has other effects ?
11 The language it uses seems very familiar , but it has other meanings .
12 The term ‘ culture ’ could be used in this way in less complex , smaller-scale social systems , but it has other meanings in industrial society and seems inadequate for the task of relating everyday life to historical development .
13 It has other benefits for the nanny too in terms of advice etc ( not all employers are perfect like me ) .
14 This does not mean that the group is clandestine but rather that it has other characteristics of a conspiracy ; in particular , common purpose and internal communication on significant issues .
15 But it has other weapons which it deploys with some skill .
16 Many artists are now drawn to it , and find that it has other attractions than the records of the burial of kings : they love to paint the children who come to meet the tourist with wave-worn pebbles from the sacred isle , and also the scenery of Mull , and the many lochs that indent that isle of bold headlands and rugged mountains masses , as they are seen from Iona .
17 The usual or primary use of this word is to put clothes on yourself ( or somebody else ) , but it has other uses too , such as to dress poultry , to dress timber , to dress a window .
18 In that it joins other states like Iran , Israel , Pakistan and India who are all thought to be pursuing military nuclear programmes .
19 Can it speak other languages ?
20 It says other programs run , but the company will have to ward off criticism that it does not have a significant inventory of tested packages .
21 It says other programs run , but the company will have to ward off criticism that it does not have a significant inventory of tested packages .
22 It says other councils have stayed within their budgets without sacking teachers .
23 By the third year , the young orang is much more venturesome and will leave its mother for short spells , especially if it meets other youngsters who are willing to play .
24 CAHAG claims it will set a precedent for other authorities , allowing it to challenge other authorities which are failing in their duty .
25 It joined other groups in pointing out , on the basis of Japanese evidence from Hiroshima , that clusters of leukaemia would only become apparent between seven and nine years after the disaster .
26 Liege homage was absolute , or , as the Catalans said , ‘ solid ’ ( soliu ) ; it overrode other obligations .
27 Planning Permission depends on the size of the work and whether it affects other priorities .
28 And mainframe sales still generate enough profit to enable it to do other things .
29 Size provides a cushion to the vicissitudes of markets but it creates other problems .
30 The tribe of a successful Warlord will tend to grow in size and power , enabling it to fight other tribes or invade the realms of Men .
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