Example sentences of "[verb] by one " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Berlin intelligence scene was dominated by one of the most charismatic figures in post-war espionage — General Reinhard Gehlen . |
| 2 | Characteristic of LDCs , the paper industry has experienced foreign penetration and is dominated by one giant company . |
| 3 | This structure , made up of a succession of different levels or instances , is dominated by one form of production which forces the unity of any conjuncture , the non-economic structures determined ‘ in the last instance ’ by the economic ( 99 ) . |
| 4 | So a ‘ power ’ culture is dominated by one individual with the effect that others have little power . |
| 5 | However , the degree to which the maintenance behaviour is absorbed by several people appears to depend on the strength of the task-oriented actor(s) ; that is , if the group is dominated by one person , then , to restore balance to the group , most other members , for reasons which are difficult to understand , may adopt a consensus-seeking , team-building posture . |
| 6 | The subject in the USA is , therefore , still implicitly dominated by one major theoretical perspective , and given the dominance of US scholars in the literature at large , Realism can be said to be the major current approach . |
| 7 | As it was pointed out in the previous chapter , the reconstruction and expansion of the social services during the last war were dominated by one central principle : universality . |
| 8 | Multiprofessional teams bring a range of educational backgrounds , training and expertise to bear on the management of individual cases , which ensures that care is not dominated by one single professional approach . |
| 9 | Discussion dominated by one or two people , and often irrelevant . |
| 10 | In terms of energy , however , H 2 /CO 2 acetogenesis , with a free energy change of -95 kJ per mol , is considerably less efficient than either dissimilatory sulphate reduction or methanogenesis , and in most anaerobic ecosystems , hydrogen metabolism is dominated by one or other of these processes . |
| 11 | The accession of a child-king was also a dangerous time , especially if he , or indeed a mature monarch , was dominated by one group at the expense of others . |
| 12 | These are usually made up of a central pit or cup , surrounded by one ring or concentric rings or spiral turns . |
| 13 | Experience the beauty and tranquillity of the gardens and buildings , surrounded by one of the largest moats in England , when you visit Michelham Priory |
| 14 | Information disclosed by one party to another in the course of negotiations will be subject to the obligation of confidence where information relates to the subject matter of the negotiations and has the necessary quality of confidence . |
| 15 | Langhorne was it just then , and the race was won by one A. J. Foyt , not by Mario , who came in ninth in his Windmill Truckers Special : for $637 , to be split with the owners , and with hands like hamburgers . |
| 16 | The 72-hole tussle ended square at two games each but the countback , including a recount , concluded that XEU had won by one hole . |
| 17 | But she was being attacked by one of her rages . |
| 18 | If they are attacked by one of their main enemies , trigger fish , the column breaks and they form circles , pincers outwards , like pioneer wagon trains crossing the prairies of the American Wild West , defending themselves against attack by Indians . |
| 19 | The Doctor ordered Howard to stop the car at the top of the road leading down into the city , weighing up the risks of being attacked by one side or the other . |
| 20 | The concern of the six states of the Gulf Co-operation Council ( GCC ) stemmed from several considerations : regret that two neighbouring Muslim states should be spilling one another 's blood ; anxiety lest the conflict provoke the intervention of one or both superpowers , with dangerous consequences ; fear lest member states be attacked by one of the belligerents if they were suspected of sympathizing with the other ; a feeling that a conflict of this sort diverted Arab and outside world attention and resources from the paramount issue of palestine ; a desire not to see either belligerent emerge from the conflict so strengthened by the spoils of victory as to become the most powerful entity in the Gulf ; and , finally , anxiety lest their internal security should be threatened as a by-product either of the war or of Iran 's revolution . |
| 21 | If your bugs get sick a possibility is they 're gon na get sick because they 're being attacked by one of these things , and it 's a virus , terribly small of course . |
| 22 | The move was attacked by one union leader as just another attempt to drive down wages . |
| 23 | Although this ‘ pitch phoneme ’ theory became an orthodoxy , it was consistently attacked by one American linguist , D. Bolinger ( e.g. Bolinger , 1951 ) . |
| 24 | A horse that has been continually galloped by one owner , is not going to change its expectations of being ridden just because it has been bought by someone who wants to travel at a more sedate speed ! |
| 25 | The symbolic importance of cabinet members being regularly drawn into the White House ambit was stressed by one participant . |
| 26 | The aim would be to give the courts the right to divide pension rights , even if earned by one of the divorcing parties , between them . |
| 27 | A 5 p.c. reduction in gross margins on lower-margin desk-top computer products and the weakness in the market were blamed for last year 's downturn but ICL says its share of the British computer market rose by one point to 19 p.c . |
| 28 | They come from all parts of the country , although it 's true that a function organised by one particular branch will tend to attract mainly members from that area . |
| 29 | The anthropological scholars ' emphasis on ‘ Survival in Culture , is paralleled by one of the dominant motifs of romantic poetry : the fading , echoing voice . |
| 30 | Referring to dual seats , the HSE has long advocated that tractor cabs should only be occupied by one person . |