Example sentences of "be [adv] explained by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor can it be wholly explained by the employment changes which were pushing greater numbers of people into the market irrespective of wage trends . |
| 2 | The presence of nitrates can be easily explained by the fact that human burials had taken place within the church : during the exploration programme a number of skeletons and well preserved human remains have been discovered . |
| 3 | This anomaly is now seen to be largely explained by the intervention of the patron — the broker land agent — who set the objective for both lawyer and client in two of the three cases . |
| 4 | The reference to specific information only , can be best explained by the need to ensure that the definition of inside information is not so wide as to include legitimate research undertaken by investment analysts . |
| 5 | This long immunity undoubtedly owed something to their impeccable Yorkist background , and its termination may , conversely , be partly explained by the fall from favour of their other patron , the earl of Warwick . |
| 6 | This long immunity undoubtedly owed something to their impeccable Yorkist background , and its termination may , conversely , be partly explained by the fall from favour of their other patron , the earl of Warwick . |
| 7 | The reported figures for failure of sclerotherapy vary widely from 5% to 60% , but this variation can be partly explained by the lack of a universal definition of ‘ failure of treatment ’ . |
| 8 | Equation ( 4.29 ) shows that this economist will find that real output can be perfectly explained by the change in the money supply . |
| 9 | If this did in fact happen , it can be plausibly explained by the anxiety of lay landowners to provide for their families and by their inability to browse on retirement in clerical pastures . |
| 10 | From our laboratory , it has previously been reported that the acid stimulatory effect of gastrin can be fully explained by the stimulation of histamine release . |
| 11 | This is not meant to suggest , of course , that the dismantling of the British empire can be comprehensively explained by the role of ‘ character ’ in the formation of imperial policy : a chapter on the end of empire in a book called Empire and the English Character must include a disclaimer to that effect . |
| 12 | His behaviour at this point can be readily explained by the fact that he was Sigismund 's son-in-law . |