Example sentences of "[verb] by [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1935 and 1939 , the last four years of Nizan 's membership of the PCF , his thoughts were dominated by little else . |
| 2 | The elections established a new local government structure with considerably enhanced powers in place of local councils still dominated by former communists . |
| 3 | The NSF was reorganized as a political party , dominated by former RCP members . |
| 4 | A re-draft , tabled for the December session by a constitutional commission dominated by former communists , had envisaged parliament having the right to form the Cabinet and shape policy , shifting the balance of power away from the President . |
| 5 | Clones of white clover were sampled from within patches in the field dominated by each of four common grasses , Lolium perenne , Holcus lanatus , Agrostis tenuis and Cynosurus cristatus . |
| 6 | Northern society is dominated by such physical facts — also by two centuries of poor health , low expectation , isolation and undervaluation . |
| 7 | Cornelia Meigs ( 1969 , p.66 ) has to call the period after Newbery ( the period dominated by such purposeful writers as Sarah Fielding , Mrs Barbauld , Mrs Trimmer , and Hannah More ) ‘ The Age of Admonition ’ . |
| 8 | However , the evidence that one set of abstract concepts has made the transition from scientific to popular consciousness does not imply that modern consciousness is dominated by such similar notions . |
| 9 | As an example , he contends that ‘ communism is a transference to the party state of the moral traits and the regulatory mechanisms of the exogamous community family ’ ( p. 33 ) , so that the electoral success of communist parties had occurred only in areas dominated by that family type , whereas in France ‘ Socialism … follows on quite naturally from Catholicism ’ ( p. 86 ) . |
| 10 | That capital and experience would give Lloyd 's a bigger , global strength , as it became dominated by fewer , larger groups . |
| 11 | All this suggests that lack of competitive pressure felt by US business played an important role in the loss of its pre-eminent position The structure of domestic industry was probably dominated by fewer firms than in Japan or the EEC taken as a whole . |
| 12 | Ruth hated the way Anna let herself be dominated by this selfish boy . |
| 13 | ‘ I think what I am trying to explain to you , ’ she said , ‘ is that over the years I became so completely cowed and dominated by this monster of an aunt that when she gave me an order , no matter what it was , I obeyed it instantly . |
| 14 | Thursday morning 's newspapers were dominated by this news , accompanied by that of the victory of an independent ( i.e. anti-Coalition ) Conservative candidate in a by-election at Newport . |
| 15 | The first three chapters of I Corinthians are dominated by this problem . |
| 16 | Las Vegas , famed for its gambling , outlandish hotels and casinos , is dominated by this annual event , with exhibitions , conferences , seminars and product launches taking place in most of the major hotels . |
| 17 | Christian preachers could declare how wrong it was for an individual to be dominated by another so as to be his legal property , and to be bought for much less than the rich would give for a racehorse . |
| 18 | There is nothing more infuriating and destructive than having the discussion dominated by those who have not got a proper grasp of the subject because they have failed to read the material provided . |
| 19 | Was he human , semi-human , immaculately conceived or was he just a human being who recognised that evil was becoming widespread in the world , and that mankind was in danger of becoming dominated by those who had much to lose if it were suppressed ? |
| 20 | Overall , the discipline in the UK has become more heavily dominated by those who espouse sociology 's political role . |
| 21 | In France , theoretical physics dominated by those with mathematical training came sooner than elsewhere . |
| 22 | It can be seen from Table 3.4 that the students returning initial destinations questionnaires to IMS were dominated by those studying computing : six in ten were completing computing Advanced Courses . |
| 23 | It has been suggested that alleles associated with a severe disease are dominated by those that produce mild disease . |
| 24 | Twice this century the US has joined our European tribal wars to ensure that our continent should not be dominated by any single power . |
| 25 | Our interview policy excludes no-one , and our pages have never been dominated by any one style . |
| 26 | If they should chance to be black , brown or yellow , of any cultural tradition save that of the West and dominated by any other ideological system except that of the student 's own parents they will seldom if ever protest , no matter how flagrant the injustice , how onerous the oppression , how unprincipled the exploitation and how ever much they offend against the protesters ' vociferously expressed and allegedly ‘ sincere ’ ideals . |
| 27 | The show is dominated by more than life-size naked bronze men inspired by the majestic Hellenistic bronze warriors rescued from the sea off southern Italy in the 1970s . |
| 28 | * Changes in the UK population structure may had radical effects on the markets for housing , accommodation and personal pension finance , as the age structure of the population becomes dominated by more and more people aged 40 plus . |
| 29 | General Obasanjo 's biography of his friend Chukwuma Nzeogu , the organizer of the coup , makes it very clear that the objective of the coup leaders was to create a government no longer dominated by these values . |
| 30 | When Margaret Thatcher became leader the party was still dominated by these men who had been through the war together . |