Example sentences of "[verb] by [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was replaced by a Muslim revolutionary regime dominated by a 79-year-old theologian , the Ayatollah Khomeini . |
| 32 | In the West , again , warfare was largely , though by no means completely , dominated by a defensive spirit . |
| 33 | In fact , it would be true to say that my first impression was of a man entirely dominated by a regular pattern of tight ginger curlicues of hair . |
| 34 | She was disconcerted to find that she walked into what was the main bedroom , dominated by a four-poster bed already turned down for the night . |
| 35 | In a league dominated by a restricted number of Canadian imports , home grown talent is craved like gold . |
| 36 | Rural institutions and local government in rural areas often tend to be dominated by a powerful and unrepresentative minority which represents its own interests rather than those of the majority . |
| 37 | This complex mixture , dominated by a powerful medical profession firmly established during the nineteenth century , posed problems for subsequent attempts to rationalize the health services , and therefore influenced the shape the national health service eventually achieved . |
| 38 | ( I often feel that with him — a horrid little cringing good nature dominated by a mean bad one . ) |
| 39 | John Westergaard and Henrietta Resler argue from a Marxist perspective that Britain is dominated by a ruling class . |
| 40 | Hegemony implies the mobilisation of the active consent of those dominated by a ruling class through the use of intellectual , moral and political persuasion and leadership . |
| 41 | Superb walking country with magnificent views towards historic settlements proud of their heritage — Wells , England 's smallest city , dominated by a magnificent Cathedral — Glastonbury , the cradle of Christianity , with its Abbey and the Tor , once an island refuge . |
| 42 | We have tea in the conservatory , an Edwardian addition dominated by a magnificent vine . |
| 43 | We were taken to the main hall , a long lofty chamber dominated by a hammer-beamed roof with an oriel window at one end depicting the Lamb of God carrying a standard . |
| 44 | The authorities claimed they were conspiring to overthrow the government , which is dominated by a different community , the Moors , but offered no evidence to substantiate this claim . |
| 45 | Somalia consists of a number of areas each of which is dominated by a different tribal group or clan . |
| 46 | In the absence of any alternative network of support provided by the politics they participated in as employed men , the labour movement , they are thrown on a charitable sector dominated by a punitive and puritanical morality . |
| 47 | For the first time in 2 and a half centuries , the Rococo Garden at Painswick is dominated by a Gothic screen called an exedra . |
| 48 | As instructed , the building was largely three-storey , but it stood on a high basement and was dominated by a spiky ventilation tower centrally placed over the War Department . |
| 49 | Chamber 7e is dominated by a man-size iron cage which hangs from a ceiling hook . |
| 50 | The stage was dominated by a cracked mask with blank , blind eyes . |
| 51 | In the portrayal of the institution , which was dominated by a brutish regime and encrusted in excrement , there was no indication whether this was present or bygone circumstances . ’ |
| 52 | I followed his directions and down a narrow street came to a cul-de-sac dominated by a large white house with a portico over the front door . |
| 53 | The installation , which is reminiscent of a Victorian dormitory or hospital ward , is dominated by a large photograph of the artist in back view , further obscured by bunches of dead sunflowers . |
| 54 | The office was small , less than fifteen feet square , dominated by a large antique desk piled high with correspondence . |
| 55 | Through its crack he could see a plush bedroom , dominated by a large four-poster bed . |
| 56 | From the beginning to the end of his life , Nizan was dominated by a manichean belief that the world could ultimately be divided into Good and Evil . |
| 57 | Modernity was increasingly becoming an industrial system dominated by a scientific world-view . |
| 58 | Not far away is the village of Buis les Baronnies , dominated by a steep hill topped by a spectacular blade of rock similar to those of the Dentelles . |
| 59 | It is no good advocating a more participative style of leadership if the organisation is dominated by a bureaucratic structure . |
| 60 | A chamberlain showed them to their seats just beneath the high table , which was dominated by a pearl-encrusted silver salt cellar . |