In the first place, notice that sometimes story can be the dominant in obviously formal terms.

有时候故事明显,会占支配地位。

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One of the dominant characteristics of beaches is their constant changes in form, shape and sometimes the very material of which they are composed.

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What is sometimes less noticed is that the congressional Republicans are falling over themselves to make the state governors the dominant force in the party as a whole.

ECONOMIST: Out of the dark, Republican glimmers