But his true di-mensions were hard to see at first, such was the dominant impression of overwhelming strength.
The dominant impression comes from the pervasive rusty orange, which heightens the warm glow of the foyer interior at night.
The dominant impression these drafts leave is that Reagan really was a Reaganite.
In Beethoven the dominant impression was of witty, alert playing, more attuned to rhythm than to sonority.
Unfortunately, such moments are few, and the dominant impression is that epidemiology is about screaming, not about useful, difficult scientific work.
But the dominant impression left by his fast-paced, youthful show was clean lines, shiny hair, a sense of order.
That poker face... that was his dominant impression of Vargas.
We share Michael's fresh perspective on what he sees: "India is on the move, that's the dominant impression Michael always had."
After this series of hour long consultant interviews the interviewers were left with three dominant impressions.
The dominant impression is of a grand party that was disrupted in 2000 but that might one day be resumed under other auspices.