1.   A house that gets little sun now, shadowed by the surrounding buildings that have sprung up.

2.   The blast caused severe damage to the surrounding buildings.

3.   It rose higher than the surrounding buildings and it was lit by clerestory windows below roof level.

4.   The police searched surrounding buildings and then asked some staff to return to shops and begin their own search.

5.   Surrounding buildings had to be protected by a wall of water to stop them being engulfed by the flames.

6.   Although it was in the center of town, the evergreens screened the noise of commerce and the presence of surrounding buildings, even the library.

7.   A period of tense negotiation ensued in full view of the Serbian and Bosnian snipers perched in the surrounding buildings.

8.   A test run in Las Vegas assured the designers that the beams would not disperse and cast light directly into surrounding buildings.

9.   About half of those losing their jobs worked in the World Trade Center, the other half in surrounding buildings that remain closed.