Example sentences of "[verb] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As instructed , the building was largely three-storey , but it stood on a high basement and was dominated by a spiky ventilation tower centrally placed over the War Department . |
| 32 | The study of religion in the context of local history will be influenced by such things as ‘ Was the area dominated by a religious institution in medieval times ? ’ |
| 33 | Through the field was a footpath that led via another similar gate to the next field dominated by a line of magnificent elms which were uprooted during the great storm of 1930 . |
| 34 | But the basic changes towards a farming system dominated by a limited range of plants , most of which are cereals , can only have reduced variety in farmland wildlife , including birds . |
| 35 | At the beginning of the Triassic the dominant herbivores were synapsids , mammal-like reptiles of the group known as the Dicynodontia , but the dicynodonts declined rapidly as the Permian flora disappeared , a flora dominated by a see fern ( pteridosperm ) of the genus Glossopteris ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 36 | Thomas Huxley , the great biologist , whose household was dominated by a long series of cats over a period of forty years , described how one of them , a young tabby tom-cat , developed the alarming game of jumping on the shoulders of his dinner-guests and refusing to dismount until they fed him some titbit . |
| 37 | Alison led me through the hall into the kitchen , a sprawling space with a flagstone floor dominated by a huge table , a Welsh dresser and rows of large cupboards . |
| 38 | Superb walking country with magnificent views towards historic settlements proud of their heritage — Wells , England 's smallest city , dominated by a magnificent Cathedral — Glastonbury , the cradle of Christianity , with its Abbey and the Tor , once an island refuge . |
| 39 | This , everyone had agreed two years back , was because women were so used to being in groups dominated by a minority of articulate men ( all groups — social , work , political ) that it was important they ( we ) should be able to discover and articulate our own understanding of all the minute day-by-day ways in which we were oppressed , and relate these to a developing understanding of the ways women were oppressed in society generally . |
| 40 | A town of surprises , the east is dominated by a dramatic Gothic cathedral and royal palace , while the old town is a mixture of narrow medieval streets and 17th and 18th century architecture . |
| 41 | A popular resort , its beaches stretch for miles and the city 's particular charm lies in its past — we visited underground Minoan tombs and explored an old Venetian town , dominated by a well-preserved fortezza and mosques dating from as early as 1670 . |
| 42 | Instead , the emphasis is on efficiency rather than excitement , with a colour scheme dominated by a variety of blacks and greys . |
| 43 | ‘ The amateur game was dominated by a handful of players ; they did n't win everything but they won a large number of tournaments , ’ he adds . |
| 44 | The kitchen is dominated by a huge pine dresser and pine cupboards . |
| 45 | Cressy , the waiflike wife , is a refugee from a strange Catholic family community dominated by a patriarchal grandfather who as an artist has something of Holman Hunt ( I fancy ) as well as of Eric Gill , who more immediately inspired him . |
| 46 | In a league dominated by a restricted number of Canadian imports , home grown talent is craved like gold . |
| 47 | ‘ The existence of such a body is seen as giving more appropriate recognition to the commercial and practical realities of an auditing services market dominated by a small number of large accounting firms . ’ |
| 48 | Modernity was increasingly becoming an industrial system dominated by a scientific world-view . |
| 49 | I thought what a snakepit my family was ; a snakepit dominated by a genius who knew how to create any illusion — even love . |
| 50 | Now it 's reverted to its original purpose — a dining room , dominated by a long , dark wood table , at which Neneh is sitting , absent-mindedly twisting a plait . |
| 51 | The European car industry has increasingly become dominated by a small number of large companies . |
| 52 | The Mayan city is built from white , hand-hewn rocks , laid out at perfect right angles and dominated by a giant pyramid . |
| 53 | Standards have gone up consistently over the six years of the league and , although still dominated by a new wave of running clubs that have burgeoned over the last decade , more and more of the traditional athletics clubs have been paying more attention to the competition . |
| 54 | They are dominated by a complex of chalk-rich till with many bodies of sand and gravel . |
| 55 | As a child , she had been dominated by a slightly older brother . |
| 56 | In his youth , I discover , he too was sucked into a hippy cult that was dominated by a leader with suggestive powers . |
| 57 | Those of you who trained under a very autocratic system , dominated by a strictly imposed hierarchy where nurses came somewhere close to the bottom of the pyramid , are likely to find the concept of accountability quite daunting . |
| 58 | Elsewhere I argue that transactions among the Buid are dominated by a principle not recognized by Polanyi , and that Sahlins ' reduction of Polanyi 's three categories to a single continuum is even more misleading . |
| 59 | This small , attractive Georgian house is situated near to the centre of the riverside town of Bideford ; it has a delightful secluded garden dominated by a beautiful 100-year old copper beech , and also a protected patio . |
| 60 | All around its industrial heritage can be seen , in the lead mining centre at the Dale Killhope Wheel , Britain 's finest lead mining site , which is dominated by a 30ft water wheel . |