Example sentences of "[verb] by [art] " in BNC.

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1 In its tragic grandeur it seems to forestall by a century some of the finest thoughts of Sibelius . )
2 We will say that a feasible solution is efficient if it is dominated by no other feasible solution .
3 Over a year or two , therefore , we have shifted from a population of recently diagnosed AIDS patients , often reasonably well but with lives dominated by a threat of pneumonia , to a population surviving longer and developing a range of further complex problems of a chronic debilitating nature .
4 The authorities claimed they were conspiring to overthrow the government , which is dominated by a different community , the Moors , but offered no evidence to substantiate this claim .
5 Not far away is the village of Buis les Baronnies , dominated by a steep hill topped by a spectacular blade of rock similar to those of the Dentelles .
6 The former was dominated by a single mode of utterance , as in the traditional literary genres , the lyric , epic , and tragedy .
7 The faculty of divinity at that moment was dominated by a hard intelligence , Professor Bethune-Baker , known to all behind his back as the Bath Bun .
8 Sweden is a larger country than Norway with a compact Arctic region dominated by a mountain chain that runs along its western edge , near the border with Norway .
9 For those who find themselves in that category , something extra is now needed , some adventitious stroke of fortune , something to upset the terms of the argument and create a world no longer dominated by a leader of proven unpopularity .
10 Or has the show been dominated by a faction from Goldsmith 's College ?
11 The bond and share issues were handled by a syndicate of 300 underwriters ( though dominated by a handful ) , whose fees totalled $57.5m ( now around $1 billion ) .
12 It was dominated by a century from Richards , which on the fourth morning he took in explosive style to 182 not out when Lloyd declared on 379 for 7 .
13 Henceforth they were denied access to active participation in the public cult and ( by implication of the biblical text which concentrated upon male activity ) deemed exempt from the obligation to fulfil many of the commandments — a loaded exemption given the fact that Judaism by this time was already very much a religion of performance , moving towards being a religion dominated by a plethora of commandments governing virtually every aspect of daily existence .
14 By implication , the whole thrust of post-war economic policy had been misguided , dominated by a totally unrealistic fear of a return to the 1930s .
15 By midday on Friday , the elegant facade of their first-floor flat was dominated by a banner bearing the message : moral — get stuffed boyo .
16 Rural institutions and local government in rural areas often tend to be dominated by a powerful and unrepresentative minority which represents its own interests rather than those of the majority .
17 The stage was dominated by a cracked mask with blank , blind eyes .
18 These forests contain many species of trees ( dominated by a mix of beech , spruce and fir ) , hundreds of wild flowers , deep carpets of moss and many lichens .
19 In the portrayal of the institution , which was dominated by a brutish regime and encrusted in excrement , there was no indication whether this was present or bygone circumstances . ’
20 The façade is dominated by a statue of the Virgin , but the best feature is the courtyard , still flanked by sections of the original convent .
21 I followed his directions and down a narrow street came to a cul-de-sac dominated by a large white house with a portico over the front door .
22 Another old London couple were dominated by a ‘ matriarch ’ of a grandmother .
23 The N transept is dominated by a Visitation by Kracker .
24 The nineteenth-century railway history of the United States was dominated by a number of themes which were dramatically reflected in the railway stations .
25 Its façade was dominated by a 65 ft. concrete arch , with a vast concourse beyond flanked by offices and retiring rooms .
26 At Oyash , 50 miles north-east of Novosibirsk , a small wooden station with a distinctly Orientalist feel to its carved wooden decoration was dominated by a water tower , similarly decorated , which provided the upward thrust so common in Western stations in the nineteenth century and so lacking on the Trans-Siberian .
27 Sometimes , naturally , there would be strong disagreements , but more often than not , the atmosphere was dominated by a feeling of mutual respect .
28 Indeed , all in all , I can not see why the option of her returning to Darlington Hall and seeing out her working years there should not offer a very genuine consolation to a life that has come to be so dominated by a sense of waste .
29 A family likeness can be seen among all the boys , every face dominated by a long curved nose .
30 This sector continues to be dominated by a largely white farming community , with the addition of members of the new black elite .
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