Example sentences of "[verb] by [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Conservatives have been in Government , either alone or in coalitions dominated by their party , for sixty-seven of the past 100 years , and their share of the vote at general elections has rarely fallen below 40 per cent . |
| 2 | Of course , the assumption behind this is precisely that enunciated by Barnes , that woman are dominated by their reproductive organs . |
| 3 | Subject selection , content and methodology are to a great extent , dominated by their influence on upper classes and no one who is aware of social and salary structures in Africa , or who has had children of his own in the system , would expect otherwise . |
| 4 | The assumption that women were dominated by their reproductive systems ( women belonged to nature , while men belonged to culture ) was implicit in all medical attitudes . |
| 5 | Now the sons , dominated by their love for and estimation of the primal father could maintain the altruism and cooperativeness of their way of life because of their guilt regarding the one thing that had always threatened that cooperation — their lust . |
| 6 | STEELY determination not to be dominated by her husband shows in the way Diana holds her head high . |
| 7 | A shy and unpretentious woman , she was dominated by her husband , who expected her to organise his home life , act as his hostess , show a picture of domestic bliss to his constituency , listen to him rehearse his speeches , endure his frequent absences , cope with the bruised feelings of those he had insulted and be prepared to be woken up in the middle of the night to hear his account of his part in great events : ‘ Wake up and listen , what I 'm telling you is history ! ’ |
| 8 | Most people , I think , would now agree that contempt for science did n't do Britain any good , and most would go further and admit that it is absurd to grow up ignorant of science in a world dominated by its theories and their application . |
| 9 | The phylum at the present is dominated by its more advanced members — the vertebrates . |
| 10 | A modern , cosmopolitan town dominated by its ancient kasbah , a huge Arab fortress overlooking the sea . |
| 11 | It is dominated by its minster , the collegiate church of St Peter and St Paul . |
| 12 | Yet Northern Ireland is like Italian politics used to be : dominated by its partyocracy and political blocs , shifts of a few percentage points represent an earthquake . |
| 13 | Si in New York , the subsidiary company must be so dominated by its parent corporation that it acts as a ‘ mere department ’ of the parent . |
| 14 | The charming market town of Southwell is dominated by its splendid Norman Minster . |
| 15 | Dominated by its massive crusader castle , Bodrum is the lively centre of peninsula life . |
| 16 | It is , first and foremost , The Haven of the Masses , a movement of the people ; neither dominated by its ministry , nor dependent on foreign indoctrination . |
| 17 | The Cathedral of S. Rufino at Assisi , begun 1144 ( now overshadowed by S. Francesco ) has a beautiful façade , very simple and dominated by its circular windows and sculptured doorways . |
| 18 | The end result is a radical and strongly challenging film , dominated by its two female stars . |
| 19 | But if we extend the above argument , drawn from the motivation of ‘ Old Fighters ’ of the Party to the wider electorate , we would have to conclude that here — probably to an even greater extent — Hitler 's image was not dominated by his obsession with the ‘ Jewish Question ’ . |
| 20 | He was a gentle man , happily dominated by his competent wife . |
| 21 | Plas Newydd is dominated by his strong personality . |
| 22 | Hill has driven only two Grands Prix , making his Formula One debut for Brabham last May in Monte Carlo , the track once dominated by his double world championship-winning father . |
| 23 | His son Charles IV was a domesticated , well-intentioned man , soon dominated by his wife Maria Luisa . |
| 24 | He had barely slept for days and his white face was dominated by his broad , dark eyebrows , which were locked together in an expression suggesting both grief and incomprehension . |
| 25 | He gasped her name as her body closed around him and then she was dominated by his power until she slid off the end of the world into warm darkness . |
| 26 | ‘ And do n't forget , I was by then dominated by my aunt to such an extent that I would n't have dared . |
| 27 | In the UK the water scene has been dominated by our good relationship with South West Water , with whom a sole supplier arrangement is now in place . |
| 28 | If you have answered ‘ yes ’ to any of the above , then you are still being dominated by your parents to some extent . |
| 29 | They might be sorted by their identity into lorry , cars and bicycle , according to a particular attribute ( colour , shape , weight , size , texture , etc. ) , by some group identity ( in this case modes of transport ) , or some more abstract quality . |
| 30 | So long as people continued to live in their old houses , surrounded by their old friends and neighbours , and had not broken with a routine of life which perhaps dated back generations , then the re-moulding of mentalities was going to be a frustratingly slow process , particularly for an engineer of human souls who was no longer young . |