Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The show was dominated by painting with issued-based and figurative work featuring prominently . |
| 2 | The introduction of new products , continuous improvements in productivity , and customer service and cost reduction initiatives have all helped to sustain performance in a year dominated by recession in our principal markets around the world . |
| 3 | We have , in this simple example , a paradigm case of a legislative judgment dominated by consistency in strategy . |
| 4 | By 1985 the total employment of foreign-owned plants had fallen to 677,100 , dominated by ownership in the USA ( 416,300 ) and the EC ( 95,100 ) ; by mechanical engineering and vehicles ( 205,600 ) ; and by the South East ( 240,200 ) . |
| 5 | The role of " burden-sharing " among NATO allies in terms of costs and responsibilities , an issue which developed further during June-December 1989 , was dominated by consideration of the future level of US forces stationed in Western Europe , principally in West Germany . |
| 6 | The session appeared to be dominated by consideration of economic problems in particular . |
| 7 | To say that Tit for Tat , say , is an ESS , would be to say that Tit for Tat does well in a climate dominated by Tit for Tat . |
| 8 | In a climate entirely dominated by Tit for Tat , Suspicious Tit for Tat does not prosper , because its initial defection triggers an unbroken run of mutual recrimination . |
| 9 | However , the search for methods of countering the national economic and military ‘ deterioration ’ after the Boer War was dominated by discussion of methods of improving the numbers and environment of the masses rather than of weeding out the unfit . |
| 10 | About 60% of the land area is designated as Zone Defavorisee de montagne , comprising all of the upland and mountain areas above about 400m ( 1300 ft ) in elevation and dominated by land at 700m-1300m ( 2300–4250 ft ) elevation . |
| 11 | The meeting , reportedly called at the instigation of Japan , was dominated by concern over the recent advance of the US dollar which , according to the Financial Times of June 24 , had risen by up to 20 per cent against the German deutschmark and other currencies in recent weeks [ see pp. 37978 ; 38170 ] . |
| 12 | Consciousness appears to be almost wholly dominated by language as the medium of thought and expression , so that the entire surface of cognitive processes and voluntary responses appears to be channelled through language . |
| 13 | All three come into contact with the random violence that haunts a society dominated by fear of gangland gun rule , but Kasdan 's object is to analyse not terrorise . |
| 14 | After work leisure time appears to be dominated by association with colleagues such that various surveys show that one-half of male employees interviewed ate supper outside their home twice or more each week . |
| 15 | Newspapers were dominated by news of the war . |
| 16 | Sixteen men were left in the 100 metres , already sorted by computer into two semi-finals ; eight would progress to the final . |
| 17 | Sorted by money into their levels . |
| 18 | Being surrounded by sea on three sides , Wales has a far higher proportion of lower lying land than the Auvergne and its high upland or mountain areas are far less extensive . |
| 19 | Twenty years of working at home later , was n't that same celebrated swinger someone whose body language suggested he was surrounded by concern for his surroundings ? |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I was surrounded by music from birth , practically . |
| 21 | The house is quickly surrounded by Ministry of Defence police marksmen . |
| 22 | From what I have suggested so far we should not be surprised that a recent authoritative and comprehensive review of child abuse research commented that : As we have seen , research itself , like policy and practice , has increasingly become surrounded by controversy over questions of definition and the most appropriate form that approaches and interventions should take . |
| 23 | Whether it is a Christian student surrounded by relativism on a university campus or a Christian family surrounded by the influence of the mass media , too few are awake to the danger . |
| 24 | Was Purvis influenced by the same kind of eeriness when surrounded by beauty on this island ? |
| 25 | Counsel advice has been taken on this issue and it is concluded that debt restructuring is permitted by virtue of paragraph 1(1) ( c ) of Schedule 3 to the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1975 . |
| 26 | ( ii ) the solicitor , as the employee of a non-solicitor , does work permitted by virtue of Rule 4 of these rules . |
| 27 | This proposal will give the Directors the flexibility in future to make relatively routine changes to the schemes and the Directors intend initially to use this authority to incorporate the power to allow option holders , with the agreement of any acquiring company , to exchange their options over shares in the Company for options over the shares of that company ( or another company in the same group ) as permitted by statute since 1987 . |
| 28 | Harvesting is a delicate task requiring deft fingers and precision , for which women are supposed by nature to be peculiarly suited . |
| 29 | Alongside the Vauxhall car won by Drake for a year , and the £400 team manager 's prize collected by Graham Howell , Royal Berkshire were presented with a magnificent Vauxhall Indoor Trophy and a cheque for £2,500 . |
| 30 | Widnes had it won by half-time with a 28-0 lead but Carlisle battled on bravely and scored two well-taken tries in the second half . |