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In the eighties, the classification of projective manifolds supporting some special varieties as ample divisors attracted the attention of several authors. In a previous paper [Int. J. Math. 6, No. 4, 587-600 (1995; Zbl 0876.14027)], \textit{A. Lanteri} and \textit{H. Maeda} initiated the classification of the pairs \((X,E)\) where \(X\) is a smooth complex projective \(n\)-fold and \(E\) an ample vector bundle of rank \(r\geq 2\) on \(X\) such that \(E\) has a section whose zero locus is a smooth submanifold \(Z\), of a certain special kind, of the expected dimension \(n-r\geq 3\). In this paper, the authors classify the pairs \((X,E)\) as above in the following cases: (a) \(Z\) is a smooth projective bundle over a smooth curve of positive genus, (b) \((Z,H_Z)\) is a scroll over a smooth curve, and (c) \((Z,H_Z)\) is a quadric fibration over a smooth curve, for some ample line bundle \(H\) on \(X\). The main tools used by the authors are the Lefschetz-Sommese theorem [see \textit{A. J. Sommese}, Math. Ann. 233, 229-256 (1978; Zbl 0381.14007)] and a result of \textit{Y.-G. Ye} and \textit{Q. Zhang} [Duke Math. J. 60, No. 3, 671-687 (1990; Zbl 0709.14011)]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0859.00021].