Example sentences of "[vb pp] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Berowne 's life , like that of all busy men , was dominated by the clock . |
| 2 | The Government has the power and the responsibility to set accounting standards , and financial accounting is dominated by the appropriation accounts , which provide the central account to the legislative of spending by the executive . |
| 3 | Nevertheless it requires separate assessment , not least because it drew on certain areas of experience not directly dominated by the monarch . |
| 4 | Cabinet ministers were exasperated that he allowed last Thursday , when he was facing a big test in the Commons , to be dominated by the resignation of a junior member of the Cabinet . |
| 5 | Thick dark hair begged to have fingers run through it , but the wide mouth was still dominated by the thickness of his lower lip , which gave his face such potent sexuality . |
| 6 | But it is still dominated by the attitude Parlee advises at the beginning of the chapter . |
| 7 | The report noted that " if the 1980s were dominated by the debt crisis in the developing world , the 1990s have started under the shadow of one in the developed " . |
| 8 | Games have been dominated by the boot . |
| 9 | The apartment Ludovico took Constance to was at the top of an old palazzo in Via Santo Spirito , a dark street dominated by the cupola of Chiesa Santo Spirito , the vast Renaissance church at the end of the road . |
| 10 | For the next three centuries the history of Dalmatia was dominated by the rivalry between Hungary and Venice . |
| 11 | Whatever the distressing news coming from afar , from the battlefields in Russia , North Africa , and elsewhere , for growing numbers of people in cities and towns on the home front the latter half of the war was increasingly dominated by the threat from the skies , as Luftwaffe defences crumbled and allied air supremacy became as good as total . |
| 12 | All these they wished to sweep away , to be replaced by a form of worship dominated by the sermon and by improvised prayers offered by the minister . |
| 13 | Your relationship is certainly not dominated by the man in your life ; you feel very positive about your sexuality , have no problems with leading the way in the bedroom and are well able to cope with any indiscretions in your marriage . |
| 14 | Currently in pre-production , Paramount have their top scripthounds on a storyline dominated by the part that won Whoopi an Oscar in the original movie . |
| 15 | Developments in the economy were dominated by the government 's policy of price liberalization [ see pp. 37866 ; 38162-63 ] . |
| 16 | It is also probably true that the more specialized the catalogue the more likely it is to be used for selection — for instance , the catalogues of local publishers , those of specialized formats ( e. g. microforms , large print books ) , or those in subject fields which are dominated by the work of one or two publishers . |
| 17 | Events in Martinique and Guadeloupe were dominated by the work of the Ripert Commission , appointed by the French Minister of Overseas Departments and Territories to examine the issue of social and economic equality within France 's four overseas departments ( the other two being French Guiana and Réunion ) . |
| 18 | The second part of Acts is dominated by the mission to the Gentiles , under the leadership of Paul . |
| 19 | ( Frottole were performed in France. ) 26 They inherited the syllabic note-against-note style , dominated by the text and with a good many repeat notes , lightly relieved by melismas or imitation , and the clearly marked cadences . |
| 20 | Component 4 is dominated by the scan line banding mentioned previously , but some anomalous dark areas may be worthy of investigation . |
| 21 | We discovered — or rediscovered — its many delights : the accommodation ( charmingly rustic or space-age split-level , with split-level stairs to trip the unwary ) , gracious Schloss Hohenfels itself , dominated by the painting of Hinrich Medau above the grand piano , idyllic grounds , and gymnasia with excellent floors , high ceilings and custom designed storage for balls , hoops and clubs . |
| 22 | Many of the letters are flying in the air above their fellows , or sinking beneath them , and the orchestra of different characters is dominated by the solo x key . |
| 23 | The British and Foreign Temperance Society was formed in 1830 and was dominated by the Church of England . |
| 24 | The political situation in south Korea in August-September 1945 was largely dominated by the Committee for the Preparation of Korean Independence ( CPKI ) , founded by Yo Un-hyong and his supporters . |
| 25 | His natural philosophy was dominated by the idea of the permanence of the cosmos . |
| 26 | In considering solutions , we tend to be dominated by the idea that only the solute ( the material which is dissolved ) is important , and that the solvent ( the substance in which the material is dissolved ) is inert , apart from its ability to dissolve the solute . |
| 27 | Current economic thinking , and policy , is dominated by the idea that most of the unemployment we observe can be explained by labour , market ‘ imperfections ’ such as trade unions , minimum wage legislation uncertainty and lack of labour mobility . |
| 28 | My life as the wife of a veterinary surgeon is surrounded by animals and dominated by the telephone . |
| 29 | Some critics , arguing from the cases of Blake and Keats , have assumed that a ‘ Romantic ’ poet would obviously be hostile to the demands of a university dominated by the influence of Newton . |
| 30 | German philosophy in the first half of the nineteenth century was dominated by the influence of George Friedrich Hegel , especially his concept of ‘ the dialectic ’ — a special kind of logic which he believed applies to the development of thought , human institutions , and social history . |