Example sentences of "[vb pp] by a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Oyash , 50 miles north-east of Novosibirsk , a small wooden station with a distinctly Orientalist feel to its carved wooden decoration was dominated by a water tower , similarly decorated , which provided the upward thrust so common in Western stations in the nineteenth century and so lacking on the Trans-Siberian . |
| 2 | The prospect of the hill above their homes being dominated by a 100ft tower so appauled local people , the first ever public planning inquiry was convened . |
| 3 | All around its industrial heritage can be seen , in the lead mining centre at the Dale Killhope Wheel , Britain 's finest lead mining site , which is dominated by a 30ft water wheel . |
| 4 | Schizophrenia is primarily a thought disorder , whereas depression is dominated by a mood disorder . |
| 5 | Sweden is a larger country than Norway with a compact Arctic region dominated by a mountain chain that runs along its western edge , near the border with Norway . |
| 6 | The referrals are usually sorted by a team leader , put in order of priority , and allocated to social workers . |
| 7 | It was a long , low building , a hall or school perhaps , surrounded by a mesh fence . |
| 8 | The chart table is almost full size and faces outboard ; it is surrounded by a wrap-around area dedicated to the display of instruments . |
| 9 | On top of the hill was a wood of beech trees surrounded by a stone wall ; I climbed the wall and found that underneath the trees were hundreds of moss-covered gravestones of soldiers from Napoleon 's Imperial Army who had died of disease while waiting to invade England . |
| 10 | It was ten or twelve feet higher than the square , surrounded by a stone wall with a granite coping and surmounted by a chain-wire fence to stop the children scrambling up and falling over . |
| 11 | Tregarthen — the house in a garden , Wycliffe 's Cornish stretched that far — stood , aloof from the terraced houses , surrounded by a stone wall topped by shrubs . |
| 12 | However , the object-oriented paradigm offers increasing benefits when followed through from analysis and design to a language — that in fact the whole process becomes much more meaningful when surrounded by a software engineering environment . |
| 13 | When we moved here I was surround by sheep now I find I am surrounded by a sunday market , a bulldog bash , drag racing and now a pop festival . ’ |
| 14 | They 're very central , no more than a five minute walk from the beach , although most people spend most of the day around the large pool , surrounded by a sun terrace which looks onto the pretty gardens . |
| 15 | There is an attractive pool and children 's pool set within landscaped gardens and surrounded by a sun terrace with sunloungers . |
| 16 | A classic 19th-Century building surrounded by a golf course . |
| 17 | There are three grilling positions and the whole grill is surrounded by a safety glass splash guard , the sides of which can be removed for cleaning . |
| 18 | More often than not they are located ten miles outside town under a tin roof , in wasteland surrounded by a car park the size of Brazil . |
| 19 | As a result , the breccia fragments are surrounded by a mud matrix and rocks are only of marginal reservoir quality with porosities and permeabilities that are much lower than in the collapse breccias of Auk and Argyll . |
| 20 | As he reclined in his sofa , surrounded by a treasure trove of knick-knacks collected from around the world , Mark said he had always had a taste for travel . |
| 21 | We drove on to the top of the road and drew up outside a compound surrounded by a wire fence ; inside was a large white building surrounded by an expanse of gravel on which a huge group of people were drawn up in lines . |
| 22 | Davy reported that if a candle were surrounded by a wire gauze mesh , the gas would diffuse into the gauze enclosed space and burn there without exploding . |
| 23 | Lesley Harrison , 29 , was knifed by a taxi passenger as she stepped between him and the driver during a row over the fare . |
| 24 | There is one exception to this rule of not searching the unregistered Land Charges Register in the case of registered land : prospective mortgagors who are buying a registered property have , as yet ( until they complete their purchase ) , no title to the registered land ; and therefore a bankruptcy or a receiving order made against them would not be disclosed by a title search . |
| 25 | Another first was the first Scholarship won by a Stockport Grammar School girl , Marie Calnan , to St. Peter 's College , Oxford , in 1984 . |
| 26 | The Dewar Challenge Trophy — awarded for the most meritorious performance of the year in any trial under the Long-Distance Trials Regulations — was presented to Cadillac that year , the first time the trophy had been won by a US car maker . |
| 27 | It would be potentially embarrassing if a JS competition was won by a JS employee . |
| 28 | This year the British contingent looks set to retain the title ( won by a Devon man , Will Cox last year ) unless the late Russian entry ( a red hot favourite with some observers ) proves a dark horse with his chestnut . |
| 29 | The original event was won by a Silver Ghost , and the Southall 's Rolls Royce open tourer will be one of 50 similar cars taking part . |
| 30 | He replied : ‘ No because I am an innocent man , a free citizen in a free country being attacked by a terrorist state . |