Example sentences of "[verb] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The record was voted to number 15 in Peel 's Festive 50 , a chart dominated by The Jesus And Mary chain , The Smiths and New Order . |
| 2 | Berowne 's life , like that of all busy men , was dominated by the clock . |
| 3 | The UN was a relatively small body in 1947 and effectively dominated by the United States . |
| 4 | Whatever happens to IBM , the world and European computer markets seem likely still to be dominated by the United States and Japan . |
| 5 | In the postwar period , international institutions have , after all , played a much greater role than previously , albeit dominated by the United States , and , to a lesser extent , the Soviet Union . |
| 6 | Only a few years before alcohol prohibition was repealed in the United States in 1933 , public sentiment was similarly dominated by the opinions of the country 's prohibitionist leaders . |
| 7 | The Chicago discussions were attended by fifty-one countries , many of which were still under German or Japanese occupation , so the proceedings were dominated by the USA , Britain , and the Commonwealth ( the USSR backed out at the last minute ) . |
| 8 | The Government has the power and the responsibility to set accounting standards , and financial accounting is dominated by the appropriation accounts , which provide the central account to the legislative of spending by the executive . |
| 9 | B. Coasts dominated by the effects of marine action : |
| 10 | This judgment , implicitly criticizing the Aug. 6 order , found that whereas the President had allowed the Punjab and Baluchistan assemblies ( controlled by opponents of the PPP ) to dissolve themselves , those of Sind and the NWFP ( both dominated by the PPP ) were summarily dismissed [ see p. 37652 ] . |
| 11 | The Democratic Front of Albania , the political umbrella organization dominated by the PDS , nominates all candidates in elections . |
| 12 | DESPITE the encouragement of 65 degrees of bright Sardinian sunshine , Italy and Argentina contrived a predictable bout of pre-World Cup shadow boxing here yesterday and played out a dull if meaningful draw in a match dominated by the defences . |
| 13 | The South is not a classless society , but its class nature has been well hidden in consciousness and dominated by the procedures of the capitalist-democratic process . |
| 14 | Nevertheless it requires separate assessment , not least because it drew on certain areas of experience not directly dominated by the monarch . |
| 15 | Cabinet ministers were exasperated that he allowed last Thursday , when he was facing a big test in the Commons , to be dominated by the resignation of a junior member of the Cabinet . |
| 16 | Thick dark hair begged to have fingers run through it , but the wide mouth was still dominated by the thickness of his lower lip , which gave his face such potent sexuality . |
| 17 | But it is still dominated by the attitude Parlee advises at the beginning of the chapter . |
| 18 | The town is dominated by the ruins of a modest temple with customary rectangular bull-court , together occupying the south-west quarter of the site . |
| 19 | In a period dominated by the processes of , and adjustment to , unification , the implementation of the state treaties instituting economic and monetary union ( July 1 , 1990 ) and the unification of the two German states ( Oct. 3 , 1990 ) were the most significant events . |
| 20 | The report noted that " if the 1980s were dominated by the debt crisis in the developing world , the 1990s have started under the shadow of one in the developed " . |
| 21 | India in 1793 was largely a Hindu country and in those days dominated by the ceremonies and superstitions of that religion , rigidly divided by a caste system into which a person was born and could not escape . |
| 22 | Games have been dominated by the boot . |
| 23 | The apartment Ludovico took Constance to was at the top of an old palazzo in Via Santo Spirito , a dark street dominated by the cupola of Chiesa Santo Spirito , the vast Renaissance church at the end of the road . |
| 24 | Dominica 's foreign affairs were dominated by the plans for political union agreed in principle by the seven countries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS ) . |
| 25 | For the next three centuries the history of Dalmatia was dominated by the rivalry between Hungary and Venice . |
| 26 | Whatever the distressing news coming from afar , from the battlefields in Russia , North Africa , and elsewhere , for growing numbers of people in cities and towns on the home front the latter half of the war was increasingly dominated by the threat from the skies , as Luftwaffe defences crumbled and allied air supremacy became as good as total . |
| 27 | Events in Afghanistan during May were dominated by the efforts of the various ethnic , military and religious factions to secure positions of power in the new regime , following the overthrow of the Najibullah government by mujaheddin guerrillas and the establishment of an Islamic State in April [ see pp. 38847-48 ] . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | All these they wished to sweep away , to be replaced by a form of worship dominated by the sermon and by improvised prayers offered by the minister . |
| 30 | Your relationship is certainly not dominated by the man in your life ; you feel very positive about your sexuality , have no problems with leading the way in the bedroom and are well able to cope with any indiscretions in your marriage . |