Sentence examples for it dominated the practice from inspiring English sources

Ptolemy's theory actually predicted the behaviour of the planets, and it dominated the practice of astronomy for 1,400 years.

In the progression from Aristotelian to Cartesian to Newtonian to contemporary mechanical theories, for instance, the evidence available at the time each earlier theory dominated the practice of its day also offered compelling support for each of the later alternatives (unconceived at the time) that would ultimately come to displace it.

William Sermon in 1671 borrowed this passage from Guillemeau but replaced surgeon with 'Midwife', perhaps suggesting it was more appropriate to English circumstances at this time, as midwives still dominated the practice of midwifery in England.

Given the importance of the thick notion to formal chemical theorizing, why does the thin notion dominate the practice of chemistry and find expression in textbooks and research articles?

Government prayer has emerged as a thorny issue in a number of state legislatures around the country, where Christian lawmakers tend to dominate the practice.

Despite increasing usage of gene set analysis methods [ 4], single-gene based identification algorithms for differentially expressed genes (DEGs) still dominate the practice of biological differential gene expression analysis [ 6- 9] from microarray data.

Since the intervention programme demonstrated lower costs and higher effectiveness, it dominated current practice.

In the morning, Hamilton had shown outstanding form as he dominated the final practice session.

Red Bull dominated the second practice session at the Belgian Grand Prix with both drivers nearly a second clear of the rest of the field.

Dani Pedrosa dominated the opening MotoGP practice session at Sepang, finishing clear of Repsol Honda team-mate Casey Stoner and championship leader Jorge Lorenzo.

After four years in Wakaw, Diefenbaker so dominated the local legal practice that his competitor left town.