Example sentences of "[verb] by [art] [noun pl] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter are also more in tune with the idea of internal markets and the future role of authorities , less identified with and dominated by the aspirations of providers . |
| 2 | One thing in particular that frightens the business community is the possibility of an elected regional assembly for the north-west , with powers to tax , which would inevitably be dominated by the cities of Liverpool and Manchester , to the detriment of everyone else in the area . |
| 3 | This was because Congress was dominated by the interests of labour and non-monopoly and small business . |
| 4 | The 1956 Olympics at the MCG were opened by a president of MCC , Prince Philip , and were dominated by the likes of Kuts , Cuthbert , Devitt and Fraser . |
| 5 | Their numbers have increased dramatically in recent years , with newcomers such as Labuan ( Malaysia ) , Malta and Mauritius trying to capture a slice of the business traditionally dominated by the likes of Bermuda and Jersey . |
| 6 | However , it would be a false interpretation of the Congress to perceive it as totally dominated by the ideas of Zhdanov . |
| 7 | Their lives , actions and politics are dominated by the demands of capital . |
| 8 | Of deep concern , also , is the fact that in many countries machinery and criteria for final assessment of primary school children ( with all the feedback that this brings into the school curriculum ) are still dominated by the requirements of selection for Secondary School despite the obvious truth of Nyerere 's statement that those capable of further education will readily identify themselves . |
| 9 | In the high-ceilinged kitchen , surrounded by the smells of mint and basil , Buzz whistled ‘ Roses of Picardy ’ with much dramatic warbling as she prepared Elinor 's tea . |
| 10 | Surrounded by the slums of Portuguese and Arab immigrants , the campus drew its students from the middle classes , but did so under an authoritarian system of education that seemed hardly to have changed in 150 years . |
| 11 | Irene had lived surrounded by the gales of hatred , but remained untouched by them behind the high wall that had protected her since childhood … |
| 12 | SINN FEIN president Gerry Adams has been attacked by the parents of Warrington bomb victim Tim Parry for refusing to meet them face-to-face and explain why their son died . |
| 13 | One primary school teacher from Gile describes the problems of keeping a school going once the villagers knew they were likely to be attacked by the forces of Renamo : |
| 14 | It was Noolan , attracted by the waves of interest emanating from all sides of the room . |
| 15 | In addition Minton was attracted by the colours of Morocco and its rampant homosexuality . |
| 16 | The walk which is organised by the Friends of Belvoir Action Group was originally planned for May 15 . |
| 17 | Derek 's talk , organised by the Friends of Darlington Memorial Hospital , will be held in the hospital lecture room at 7pm on March 4 . |
| 18 | Whereas things appeared stable in Britain at that time , overseas there existed events of change — in Italy there existed no unity and much of the land was occupied by the forces of Austria , but they were removed and in 1833 , a united Italy was advocated under Papal rule , but that proved not to be successful and it would be some years before Garibaldi was able to form the Italian National Association for the Unification of Italy which only achieved its objective in 1871 . |
| 19 | It was later occupied by the Earls of Cromarty and the MacKenzies of Ardloch-Assynt , but has been empty for 200 years . |
| 20 | The rumour that he used his notoriously smooth tongue to get himself recognized as seneschal of France suggests that he was aiming at Anjou , since this was a title claimed by the Counts of Anjou . |
| 21 | But should the barrels stay missing for a while , they are not likely to be posing much of a health hazard — at least , not nearly as much as that posed by the tonnes of poison whose storage , legal or otherwise , is now going to be looked into . |
| 22 | Others , such as the need to treat old military sites owned by the departments of energy and defence , will fall on the taxpayer . |
| 23 | This is all that remains of a noble old building once owned by the Bishops of Rochester and known locally as the Old Palace . |
| 24 | At Barrow-in-Furness the site of the new town was owned by the dukes of Devonshire , one of whom was responsible for its planning in the middle decades of the nineteenth century . |
| 25 | All the country round about was owned by the Earls of Chesterfield , who resided at neighbouring Bretby House . |
| 26 | After the psychological hyperrealism of the early chapters of Ulysses , the text is taken over by a bewildering variety of voices and discourses — parodic , travestying , colloquial , literary : newspaper headlines , oratory , women 's magazines , pub talk , operatic songs , encyclopaedia articles , and so on ; while the narrative level of the text is full of gaps , non sequiturs , anticlimaxes , and unsolvable enigmas , and the chronological order of events is broken down and rearranged by the operations of memory and the association of ideas in the consciousness of characters . |
| 27 | The nationalisation programme was soon to be regarded as failing to tackle many of the country 's more fundamental economic problems , such as the still heavy reliance of the old industrial areas upon a narrow range of traditional industries — a reliance , if anything , re-emphasised by the needs of war — and the chronic problems of poor management , the commercial application of new technology , and industrial relations . |
| 28 | A visit to the Minotaur 's lair : Poppy Holden is captivated by the layers of life on the island of Crete |
| 29 | Perpetually subdued by the rigours of behaviour , and almost unable to express himself outside the vernaculars of Hunting , Racing , Shooting , Fishing and Cricket , he had never been able to make his case against Nico : " Awful , awful " was the best he could do . |
| 30 | Before this was achieved , where the new town governors ' literacy proved too feeble to cope with challenges , it could be supplemented by the skills of notaries like Galbert of Bruges . |