Example sentences of "[pers pn] could be [verb] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not know whether she had a heart or a soul or whether she could be moved by emotion ; she was simply the Grand Mistress ! |
| 2 | With ffeatherstonehaugh 's , if you came in as a guest and they liked you , you could be elected by acclamation on the spot . ’ |
| 3 | But from what is available it looks as though typing Services will be rid of Wang by the end of September and we could be linked by December ( this does seem optimistic ) . |
| 4 | And because they have flowered early they could be damaged by frost . |
| 5 | Remote villages could join in the skiing bonanza because they could be reached by drag-lifts , which were much cheaper to install than railways or funiculars . |
| 6 | All the sheep were on lower ground where they could be reached by men on horseback , and the womenfolk had laid in stocks of flour and yeast , so that there was no shortage of food . |
| 7 | On Nov. 18 , the Supreme Court voted by seven to two not to overturn the restraining order , and CNN then turned over the tapes so that they could be examined by Hoeveler . |
| 8 | They could be replaced by automation any day . ’ |
| 9 | They distrusted predictions about the far reaches of the universe because it did not seem they could be tested by observation . |
| 10 | They could be reconciled by argument . |
| 11 | Jon pointed out the clearly visible " honey guides " on the plants ' petals , and explained that he had only recently discovered that they could be pollinated by butterflies . |
| 12 | The most obvious of these was that if fonts were to be provided with any application , it was better if they could be shared by others , and the Typographics fonts supplied with early versions were , if not exactly grotty , not up to the standard users would expect of , say , TrueType or ATM fonts . |
| 13 | In all his writings from hiding he had increasingly found a brave and defiant secular voice : one that recognised a ‘ God-shaped hole ’ in life , but did not doubt that it could be filled by art , literature and imagination . |
| 14 | It might also be asked whether the preferential magnification of the foveal inputs that we have just demonstrated is determined ontogenetically or whether , as in the intact somatosensory system , it could be influenced by patterns of sensory experience . |
| 15 | Various ideas were put forward , including the suggestion that the council should keep it on themselves or that it could be re-enacted by actors or schoolchildren . |
| 16 | Typically , neither Frank nor Jack knew too much about the prostate gland , nor that it could be affected by disease , until it happened to them . |
| 17 | As well as a build-up in output from new fields linked to pipelines , some of the platforms were able to continue normal production using in-built storage space in hollow parts of the structures to hold oil until it could be collected by tankers . |
| 18 | Until your work is saved it could be lost by accident . |
| 19 | If the truth of this presupposition were doubted , it could be established by reference to actual practice : to the way in which courts identify what is to count as law , and to the general acceptance of or acquiescence in these identifications … |
| 20 | It could be enforced by law , and a sworn companion could claim a right to the gains of war made by a dead partner . |
| 21 | Here , he could be exploited by elements already working against the central government . |
| 22 | He could be joined by Steve Whitton , back after a groin strain . |