Example sentences of "[vb pp] by " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 These dreadful events took place in the south of Sri Lanka , which is dominated by the majority Sinhalese population .
4 The Northern state became wholly dominated by protestant loyalists and became extremely coercive in its dealings with the substantial catholic — nationalist remnant within its borders .
5 McAllister ( 1980 ) describes that political culture as traditionalist , and dominated by clientelism , parochialism , local attachment , and ascription : politicians were elected on the basis of local reputation and solely with reference to local issues .
6 The class structure of Northern Ireland is predictably dominated by protestants .
7 The South is not a classless society , but its class nature has been well hidden in consciousness and dominated by the procedures of the capitalist-democratic process .
8 Morality was for the laity , whose life was dominated by the battle against mortal sin , and who therefore lived under the threat of hell and were always at risk .
9 The South is seen as dominated by the Roman church .
10 The influence of the second Vatican Council ( 1962–5 ) has enabled theological discourse to become dominated by non-hierarchical models of the church and a generally eirenic theology in which all the churches in Ireland share .
11 The impetus to create Eureka Audiovisual was the recognition that television and cinema in Europe were dominated by non-European programmes .
12 The skyline of Brignorth , dominated by Telford 's church tower , provides a backdrop for this view of Class 59 No 59001 Yeoman endeavour leaving the Severn Valley terminus with a train for Kidderminster on the SVR diesel weekend in May 1988 .
13 The history of the past 30 years in brewing has been dominated by the emergence of a handful of giant national companies — Bass , Allied , Whitbread , GrandMet/Watney , Courage , and Scottish & Newcastle — driven by a need to maximise profit rather than concentrating on high quality products that also generate a good return .
14 In a region dominated by Whitbread ( aka Fremlins ) and Allied ( aka Friary Meux ) , who both prefer to supply their own guest beers to tenants , getting into the pubs is no easy matter for a micro .
15 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 .
16 The former was dominated by a single mode of utterance , as in the traditional literary genres , the lyric , epic , and tragedy .
17 All this might well be accomplished in the comparatively open-ended context of adult or continuing education , which is not dominated by the teleology of the examination system .
18 It might also become dominated by Marxists and cultural materialists , but not inevitably so ; academic sociology offers points of comparison here .
19 Never less than thoroughly fascinating , the production is dominated by Ian McKellen 's extraordinary Iago , a performance which feels like a shifting palimpsest of impersonations .
20 Historically tea has been a fairly dull market , dominated by trade interests — two arguments against the London Fox 's efforts to excite interest in a tea futures contract .
21 If , further , he feels that the free market policies and values embraced by Mrs Thatcher have done much to create a divided nation , dominated by Pharisees , he should feel free to offer his opinion .
22 Zenith is the last US-owned TV manufacturer in a market dominated by Japan .
23 The conference was dominated by pragmatist liberals .
24 ‘ It is not dominated by emotions .
25 The Opole meeting was dominated by elderly party members , who refused to talk about such problems as names , new programmes , and new membership laws .
26 The rest of the stock market was dominated by Ferranti 's hectic return , with Seaq putting volume at a remarkable 115 million shares .
27 Yesterday 's debate was dominated by black sections supporters who derided the compromise notion of a mixed-race ‘ black and white minstrels ’ society .
28 So far it is dominated by Far East suppliers , including Sanken , Panasonic and TDK .
29 Professor Roland Smith , the chairman of British Aerospace , last night predicted that the European defence industry would be dominated by three or four major companies by the mid-nineties as a result of national and trans-national mergers .
30 This page Defence domination : The chairman of BAe says the European defence industry will be dominated by three or four major companies by the mid-1990s .
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