Example sentences of "[verb] by [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The race was dominated by 1992 champion Bryan McMonagle who qualified on pole position , led from start to finish and set fastest lap along the way . |
| 2 | The London market may be seen to be increasingly dominated by eight firms , five of whom are true international firms — owning and controlling a wide network of offices worldwide — and three local firms . |
| 3 | The third part is dominated by two chapters on perception , which perhaps constitute the centre of the book . |
| 4 | Trade in the metals — which have applications ranging from making TV sets to catalysts-is dominated by two companies , Rhone Poulenc of France and Molycorp of the US . |
| 5 | So the non-communist world came to be dominated by two payments systems , the dollar area and the EPU , each involving multilateral payments arrangements . |
| 6 | Socially and demographically the period has been dominated by two factors — the fall in the size of families and the increase in the expectation of survival to retirement , the effects of which are still far from having exhausted themselves . |
| 7 | The early search firms were dominated by two types of individuals . |
| 8 | We are now back where we were in Elizabeth I 's days : a middle power , making our way in a world dominated by two superpowers , and doing so through intuitive manipulation of balances of power , as we have always done over the centuries . |
| 9 | In the agrarian south and east of the continent , the character of society was dominated by two classes of very different size : a body of wealthy landowners , still often enjoying the prestige and privilege and sometimes the legal and noble status of its feudal forebears , and a huge mass of subordinate peasants , some of whom might be freeholders , but by and large economically dependent on the landowners . |
| 10 | It is all too easy for accounts in this period to be dominated by two issues — the transfer of the British commitment in Greece to the United States in February–March 1947 ( followed by the formulation of the Truman Doctrine ) , and the angry Anglo-American exchanges over Palestine and the creation of Israel . |
| 11 | Defence policy in Macmillan 's second term of office was dominated by four streams of events : an acceleration in the rate of change in weapon technology ; the ‘ Winds of Change ’ in Africa ; Britain 's first attempt to join the EEC ; and the Mountbatten reorganization of the three Service ministries into a unified Ministry of Defence . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So a ‘ power ’ culture is dominated by one individual with the effect that others have little power . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And the whole market — dominated by six firms including Argos and Great Universal Stores — is shrinking for the first time in years . |
| 17 | It was dominated by three things ; the Emperor 's desk , a vast filing cabinet , and a large-scale map of Paris — the latter being essential to his plans for the transformation of the city . |
| 18 | The UK cigarette market is currently dominated by three companies . |
| 19 | Traditionally the criminal work in the busy city magistrates ' courts had been dominated by three firms . |
| 20 | The exhibition is concluded in the gallery beneath the ramp , where three large bronze sculptures dating from 1967 , ‘ Madame Récamier ’ , ‘ La Joconde ’ and ‘ La Folie des Grandeurs ’ are surrounded by eight paintings from the final chapter of Magritte 's career . |
| 21 | The altarpiece , originally painted for the church of Santa Trinità , depicts the enthroned Madonna and Child surrounded by eight angels and four prophets . |
| 22 | Each subunit is about 100 Angstroms ( 10A= Inm= 10 -9 m ) across with a central region 70A thick surrounded by six satellites . |
| 23 | His ink drawing of the parsonage ( and the church with its tower across the road ) and a photograph of it show a large , long , impressive building on two floors , the front door surrounded by thirteen windows . |
| 24 | Surrounded by thirty hectares of vineyards , olive groves and woods the small estate consists of the main villa , several outbuildings and barns , a swimming pool , a farm house and an old mill . |
| 25 | Apart from quartz , silicon and oxygen combine together to form an atomic building-block known as the silicon tetrahedron , with a single atom of silica surrounded by four atoms of oxygen . |
| 26 | One minute we were riding our horses , the next we were surrounded by five villains intent on murder . |
| 27 | The hall is surrounded by 30,000 people and for most of them the state housing and welfare system is a failure . |
| 28 | These are usually made up of a central pit or cup , surrounded by one ring or concentric rings or spiral turns . |
| 29 | Grove House shelters in the middle of a forest , surrounded by 5000 acres of woodland , moors and becks where deer , squirrels and many birds can be seen . |
| 30 | An island surrounded by 165 kilometres of wire and wall complete with barren expanses , blinding searchlights , war dogs , and sinister guard towers . |