Example sentences of "[verb] by [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have , in this simple example , a paradigm case of a legislative judgment dominated by consistency in strategy . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ] . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The occult section was dominated by works on numerology . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But the last two years of the Carter administration were dominated by events in Iran and Afghanistan . |
| 15 | Foreign relations continued to be dominated by events in Indo-China . |
| 16 | Dominated by features of submergence . |
| 17 | The US military 's Radio Rajo reported that forces loyal to Mr Jess appeared to be moving nearer to Kismayu , dominated by supporters of Mohamed Said Hersi , known as Gen Morgan . |
| 18 | In the second issue of It the front page , and most of the second , had been dominated by excerpts from Pound 's war-time broadcasts from fascist Italy to the allies . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Table 5.3 Borrowers in the international bond markets ( $ billion ) As for the nationality of issuers , abstracting from supranational institutions , the market has tended to be dominated by borrowers from OECD countries . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Many of the campaigns were dominated by politicians from West Germany , including , in two out of five cases , the CDU and SPD candidates themselves . |
| 23 | Moreover , Venetian sculpture at this period was dominated by craftsmen from Lombardy , and a number of Lombard painters are known to have produced works for Venetian clients , among them Andrea Solario , Marco d'Oggiono , Francesco Napoletano and Giovanni Agostino da Lodi , whose panel of ‘ Christ washing the Apostles ’ feet ’ from the Accademia , painted in 1500 , has just been restored . |
| 24 | In addition , the atmospheric contribution to this heat transport is at least as great as that from ocean currents , and is dominated by fluxes in winter . |
| 25 | Fund raising is important but if newsletters are dominated by appeals for funds or materials a curious picture is created of staff priorities and interests . |
| 26 | The election campaign was dominated by allegations of corruption . |
| 27 | The enormous steak was dominated by waves of potatoes , carrots and onions . |
| 28 | The walls are painted a pale , clear Christmas green mixed by Veronica in tones of a colour she copied from Chinese lacquerware . |
| 29 | While English tends to modify by use of adjectives or adverbs , BSL tends to use inflection especially in relation to the verb and it is this which makes its story formation rather different . |
| 30 | An unexpected gap in the mountains beckoned us to a silent lake fed by waterfalls and surrounded by woods with banks of moss , lichens and fungi alive with lemmings scurrying among holes and tree roots . |