The phrase 'dominate the development' is correct and can be used in written English.
You could use it in a variety of contexts to refer to anything that has a controlling influence over a given process or situation. For example, you might say: "The software industry continues to dominate the development of new technologies."
The works of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein dominate the development of gravitational theory.
The F.A.A. used to dominate the development of air traffic technology, but "the old in-house, development-type approach these days takes so long," Mr. Belcher said.
Referring to growing Chinese involvement in Afghanistan's mineral exploitation, your article rightly pointed out that "American officials fear resource-hungry China will try to dominate the development of Afghanistan's mineral wealth".
At the same time, American officials fear resource-hungry China will try to dominate the development of Afghanistan's mineral wealth, which could upset the United States, given its heavy investment in the region.
Overall, there are four key issues that dominate the development of silicon BioMEMS devices delivery, performance, complexity of fabrication, and costs.
Moreover, companies such as Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe GmbH, Alstom Technology Ltd., ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company and Air Liquide SA dominate the development of these main capture technologies.
Australia has become accustomed to dominating the development agenda in the South Pacific, setting priorities and determining the best policy responses.
Most especially, it dominated the development of a national literature and the rendering of that literature in relation to painting and calligraphy.
The towns of the Catalan coast have dominated the development of the region, with the result that the population is heavily concentrated along the Mediterranean, increasingly depopulating the hinterland.
Throughout Middle America and in the Andean area, this appears to have been a time of consolidation and establishment of the basic traditions that dominated the development of high cultures in the New World up to European contact.
Site potential, a long-term spatial average of cheatgrass cover, dominated the development of the cheatgrass performance model.
