Example sentences of "be explained [adv] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could be explained away by the inadequacy of the diagnosis but that would not restore belief in a fixed relation between pain and damage since we are faced with very large numbers of patients with overt chronic damage and little or no pain . |
| 2 | This growth of manufacturing employment can be explained partly by the quality of rural environment and partly by the changing structure of manufacturing . |
| 3 | This correlation , however , can be explained simply by the presence of absence of H pylori in their patient group and does not provide evidence of a causal association between H pylori ammonia production and gastritis . |
| 4 | For example , the concentration of crime in the lower social class , which was the starting point for all the main sociological theories , could be explained simply by the fact that members of the lower social class were more likely to be selected for labelling . |
| 5 | This phenomenon could be explained simply by the fact that the stiffness of A-tracts and not just curvature influences the electrophoretic behaviour as was previously suggested ( 8,9 ) . |
| 6 | The comparative absence of protest in the fifteenth century may be explained simply by the fact that depopulation was less of a social problem , and that if a lord evicted tenants , they still had a reasonable prospect of finding land elsewhere . |
| 7 | In his Beverly Hills suit and hand-painted 1950s tie , Kaufman looked like a divorce lawyer in ‘ LA Law ’ ; his presence at the Tory Party 's autumn festival could be explained only by the need to earn a crust ; he had been invited by the BBC , no doubt , to comment on the proceedings . |