Example sentences of "[verb] by [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She takes a hard look at the way women present their bodies , their image and how this is dominated by notions of contemporary beauty . |
| 2 | Barro ( 1977a , fn.9 ) acknowledges this criticism but argues that the principal movements in FEDV , which are dominated by changes in wartime activity , would be known to agents in advance . |
| 3 | The later stages of evolution are dominated by changes in the pattern of fluctuation with respect to time — from the very regular periodicity considered above towards the irregular fluctuations characteristic of turbulence . |
| 4 | Suddenly , she felt the need to confide , to be able to tell some other person that when she was not actually working , her mind and heart were dominated by thoughts of Harry . |
| 5 | Its accounts of anorexia , for instance , are dominated by descriptions of how dominant discourses of femininity link a narrowly defined physical attractiveness to female sexuality and success . |
| 6 | Although the primary purpose of the meeting was to initiate a follow-up conference on the future role of the CSCE , the meeting was dominated by discussions on the resolution of the conflict in Nagorny-Karabakh [ see pp. 38827-28 ] . |
| 7 | Both meetings had been dominated by calls from LDC representatives who urged that countries in the LDC category be given special treatment , including the writing-off of all outstanding debt [ for inclusion of Namibia in the list of LDCs see p. 38263 ] . |
| 8 | The client 's discourse was dominated by conceptions of kin-based relationships ; the lawyer 's discourse was dominated by conceptions of relations involving ownership potentialities and capacities . |
| 9 | The client 's discourse was dominated by conceptions of kin-based relationships ; the lawyer 's discourse was dominated by conceptions of relations involving ownership potentialities and capacities . |
| 10 | He admitted the award now in its eighth year tended to be dominated by pubs in the North . |
| 11 | He took the award from a field dominated by studies of early 19th century poets . |
| 12 | In spite of the increasing diversity of their work on women 's experiences with children , for instance , this work remains dominated by studies of mother-child relations and the problems they encounter . |
| 13 | If the population already happens to be dominated by genes for pathway 1 , selection will favour other genes for pathway 1 , and penalize genes for pathway 2 . |
| 14 | Soon the Klausenpass hotel is reached and within another kilometre the pass summit of 1,948m ( 6,389ft ) , dominated by mountains on both sides . |
| 15 | In the late 1970s , since its leadership was no longer dominated by members of the Communist Party , it was no longer regarded as subversive , but merely as a ‘ Communist penetrated organisation ’ . |
| 16 | Instead of rapidly expanding the ranks of the Party , it threatened , in their view , to reduce them ; instead of bridging the gap between a party dominated by members of the intelligentsia and the working masses , it threatened to institutionalize that gap . |
| 17 | The highest reaches of the Menshevik , Bolshevik and SR parties , it is true , continued to be dominated by members of the intelligentsia throughout . |
| 18 | The Party has long been dominated by members of the Sunni Arab minority , who have shown little patience with the Kurds of the north or the Shiite Arabs of the south . |
| 19 | Following his re-election as President in May 1988 François Mitterrand appointed as Prime Minister Michel Rocard , who in turn formed a minority government dominated by members of the Socialist Party ( Parti socialiste — PS ) [ see pp. 35978-81 ] . |
| 20 | While Class 5 members held the key military posts , the middle-ranking positions at divisional level were dominated by members of Classes 8 and 11 . |
| 21 | Cresson 's government was , like Rocard 's , a minority government dominated by members of the Parti socialiste ( PS — Socialist Party , Pierre Mauroy first sec . ) . |
| 22 | It was dominated by members of the former Soviet political system , and observers noted that it was out of step with political and economic realities after the demise of the Soviet Union . |
| 23 | In the absence of any significant opposition , the national debate was thus dominated by members of the ruling Rassemblement démocratique centrafricain ( RDC ) . |
| 24 | Faced with parliamentary defeat , de Klerk had on Oct. 21 referred the measure to the President 's Council , an advisory body dominated by members of the ruling National Party . |
| 25 | The list of Cabinet members submitted by Vacaroiu to parliament on Nov. 13 was dominated by members of the Democratic National Salvation Front ( DNSF ) and also included several non-party technocrats . |
| 26 | At the meeting , which was dominated by exchanges on the conflict in Nagorny-Karabakh [ see pp. 38827-28 ] , the foreign ministers agreed to hold regular joint discussions on political and security concerns in post-Cold-War Europe , on arms control measures , and on the conversion of arms industries to civilian use . |
| 27 | Recent political developments in Guinea have been dominated by plans for the introduction of multiparty democracy . |
| 28 | Oil is dominated by deficiencies in the world-supply situation . |
| 29 | Here , engineers complain that the work situation is dominated by assignments in connection with modifications to product design in order to meet national requirements of the various countries . |
| 30 | Unsurprisingly , these are dominated by schemes for economic development . |