Example sentences of "[verb] by a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prospect of the hill above their homes being dominated by a 100ft tower so appauled local people , the first ever public planning inquiry was convened . |
| 2 | All around its industrial heritage can be seen , in the lead mining centre at the Dale Killhope Wheel , Britain 's finest lead mining site , which is dominated by a 30ft water wheel . |
| 3 | Recently , it has emerged from studies of Upper Permian fluviolacustrine deposits throughout southern Africa that the geography was dominated by a series of giant lakes , perhaps interconnected within major fluvial frameworks . |
| 4 | The period immediately before the First World War was dominated by a series of reforms adopted by the Liberal government after 1906 . |
| 5 | Above it the Boyne coat of arms , surrounded by a cannon , flags and spears , forms the centre-piece of the ceiling . |
| 6 | The abbey he lorded was essentially a preserve for the well-endowed ; thirty or so monks surrounded by a staff of several hundred servants , controlling the life of a substantial area . |
| 7 | Their armour consisted of large dorsal and ventral oval shields surrounded by a series of smaller plates . |
| 8 | Henry II 's inheritance was won by a series of marriages which were politically successful but domestically disastrous . |
| 9 | She was attacked by a 12ft shark . |
| 10 | The 60,000-tonne Aegean Sea was shattered by a series of explosions , setting the surrounding seas ablaze . |
| 11 | In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century the fabric of mid-Victorian hegemony was shattered by a series of structural contradictions , from economic retardation and industrial unrest , to growing socialist and feminist political militancy and intensification of anxiety over a whole range of social issues . |
| 12 | The British establishment has become rather touchy of late about arms dealers , embarrassed by a series of press revelations about shady deals being done in London . |
| 13 | The fourth side of the square was occupied by a gas-works whose gasometer looked down on its neighbours . |
| 14 | It was owned by a series of French collectors until 1937 , then by three New York galleries until its purchase in 1947 by the late Mrs Charles S. Payson for $80,000 . |
| 15 | Wembley blamed the Gulf war and the recession for trading profits falling a third to £14.6m and the gloom was deepened by a £7.5m exceptional charge against its investment in Leisure Resource Group , redundancy costs and a £3.2m restructuring of its American ticketing business . |
| 16 | One of the most popular types of WB is the ‘ tracking auto ’ system which automatically monitors the scene and continuously corrects for any light changes ; this is commonly supplemented by a pair of fixed presets , one for daylight , and one for artificial ( tungsten ) light . |
| 17 | This will be supplemented by a series of intensive studies of technical change and the division of labour since 1979 which will form part of a wider international project into these issues . |
| 18 | Insurance group Sun Alliance was clouded by a £466m loss on the back of its exposure to mortgage indemnity insurance . |
| 19 | She was preceded by a cloud.of dogs . |
| 20 | This declaration was preceded by a series of analogous Royal Decrees issued just after the German invasion by the exiled Queen of the Netherlands and her government in May and June of 1940 ( see The Art Newspaper No. 13 , December 1991 , p.1 ) . |
| 21 | The referendum had been preceded by a series of mass pro-Assad demonstrations in Damascus , the capital , and other cities . |
| 22 | The Security Council debate had been preceded by a series of statements by and an exchange of letters between de Klerk and Mandela in which each stated their terms for the resumption of constitutional talks . |
| 23 | He was carrying out a routine inquiry when his hand was severed by a Samurai sword . |
| 24 | THE policeman whose hand was sewn back on after it was horrifically severed by a Samurai sword has spoken publicly for the first time of his ordeal . |
| 25 | Continuing in the same direction , Long Drop Cave may be seen at the base of a low cliff , and this is succeeded by a series of minor potholes known as the Eyeholes which seem almost friendly by comparison . |
| 26 | The eggs that give rise to them develop spontaneously , without being penetrated by a sperm . |
| 27 | Northamptonshire mumming , Shrovetide football , and " Plough Mondays " are examples of practices which were no longer encouraged and to an extent positively discouraged by a gentry which increasingly distanced itself from rude diversions and vulgar games . |
| 28 | More than one was caught by a pair of squealing girls , who gleefully anointed them with kitchen grease and then fled with the warrior clanking in pursuit . |
| 29 | They grow by a series of moults but never pass through a pupal stage or undergo transformation . |
| 30 | Her hair was dyed black and did n't suit her lined face , which gave clear evidence of a hard life but was , however , enlivened by a pair of watchful blue eyes . |