Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a time when the party leadership was dominated by the sectarian views of Barbe and Celor , such reticence can not simply be explained by a sense of personal solidarity on the part of Thorez , and especially Vaillant-Couturier , for Barbusse . |
| 2 | White water-lily community ( Nymphaea alba ) in more oligotrophic lochs and lochans , dominated by the floating leaves of Nymphaea alba . |
| 3 | Self-assertive and uncompromising , Malins led a protest against the racial policies of the Good Templars in the American South , which culminated in a secessionist IOGT of the world , dominated by the grand lodges of England and Scotland , during 1876–87 . |
| 4 | In his speech to the inaugural session , dominated by the economic implications of the Gulf crisis [ see pp. 37631-41 ; 37694-97 ] , Camdessus urged the richer countries to assist those unable to " cope with the additional burden " of rising oil prices and the loss of earnings from worker remittances . |
| 5 | They support their conjecture that writing enables interpersonal meanings to be dominated by the logical functions of language , for instance , by citing the Royal Society of London . |
| 6 | Antiphonal choirs of rosewood and mahogany gleamed darkly in rooms dominated by the rich pedal-tones of velvet curtains and hand-printed wallpaper . |
| 7 | The first is dominated by the four generations of the patriarchs — Abraham , Isaac , Jacob and Joseph ( Genesis 12–50 ) ; the second by the majestic figure of Moses ( Exodus-Deuteronomy ) . |
| 8 | How can one communicate the importance of culture , the painstaking values of scholarship and of science in a society dominated by the superficial values of consumerism ? |
| 9 | A Communist International would not help , for it would be dominated by the working classes of the colonial countries , who would continue to be colonialist . |
| 10 | He saw it now as a crowding darkness of giant shapes against the merlons of the curtain wall , dominated by the eyeletted walls of the tall hexagonal keep . |
| 11 | These African developments owe much to an American entrepreneur who has personally provided the necessary technology transfer and opened up new possibilities for breaking old structures of trade that were dominated by the large producers in developed countries . |
| 12 | The organization of enterprises dominated by the modernist characteristics of Fordism , in terms of functional specialization , task fragmentation and assembly line production , is inimical to these requirements . |
| 13 | This year may well be the year in which British soul 's new generation emerges after a decade dominated by the synthetic beats of hip-hop and house . |
| 14 | Postmodernism points to a more organic , less differentiated enclave of organization than those dominated by the bureaucratic designs of modernity . |
| 15 | The real problem was the mobilization of resources : Edward experienced difficulty in collecting revenue in England , and relations between the king 's advisers in Brabant , chief amongst whom were the Earl of Salisbury and the Earl of Northampton , and the council in England , dominated by the clerical ministers of state , gradually deteriorated . |
| 16 | An underground company that is n't dominated by the grey men in suits . |
| 17 | In a political system dominated by the direct relations between the leadership of the country and the voters , the major function of Parliament has altered . |
| 18 | He did n't call her back , and when she turned he was sitting where she had left him , sprawled across the sofa surrounded by the solid things of his existence . |
| 19 | Since it will not breed in this form , it has no sexual equipment ; since it has no cause to attract a mate , it needs no mechanisms to send out call-signals whether by sight , smell or sound , nor any sense organs to receive such messages ; and as its parents have gone to considerable trouble to ensure that when it hatches it is surrounded by the great quantities of the particular food it requires , it needs no wings . |
| 20 | Immediately she was surrounded by the other occupants of the pool , who crowded around her , laughing and urging her right into the water and ignoring the grey-haired woman who was trying to keep them under control . |
| 21 | An Imperial triumph : the Emperor surrounded by the visiting sovereigns in 1867 . |
| 22 | An Imperial triumph : the Emperor surrounded by the visiting sovereigns in 1867 . |
| 23 | She thought of her mother , clear and distinct , very small , seen through the wrong end of a telescope , lying in the wreckage on yellow sand wearing her best black suit , with a small , travelling hat , surrounded by the charred fragments of other people 's flesh . |
| 24 | Sitting at a counter surrounded by the fulsome figures of the Boo Yaa Tribe , with his goatee beard and black stetson hat , he tells us about a party he 's giving at his home in Chicago . |
| 25 | Its famous traffic tower was surrounded by the heavy facades of department stores and grand hotels , and the pavement pitches of flowersellers . |
| 26 | Here you are surrounded by the natural attractions of the region and have your own fully-equipped home from home . |
| 27 | One statistic disclosed by the Ukrainian officials at a press conference on the impact of the accident is that deaths among members of the emergency services involved in decontamination work are three to five times above the rates for people of equivalent age . |
| 28 | A critical reason has been the exploitation of new advantages of ‘ scope ’ , permitted by the declining costs of information . |
| 29 | It was certainly not so simple an issue as supposed by the old ideologues on either side — the neo-mercantilists in favour of protection and the neo-classical liberals in favour of open , free trade . |
| 30 | Nahamán Carmona López was attacked by the four policemen on 4 March 1990 in Guatemala City . |