Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] by [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A general concept can be exemplified by any number of particular instances which need not stand in any causal relation with each other . |
| 2 | Marston Magna in Somerset provides a useful example of some of the ideas which can be generated by this method . |
| 3 | It is an active faith : a belief that something needs to be done and can be done by this man Jesus . |
| 4 | Once this is achieved — and this , it is held , can be done by some sort of physicalist theory of mind with strong behaviourist elements — then most of the insoluble problems of early modern philosophy disappear . |
| 5 | Observation statements can be ascertained by any observer by normal use of the senses . |
| 6 | The main uses of functional assessment seem to be to select from available services to remedy any incapacities assessed , to help to prevent functional deterioration , and to highlight areas of functioning which merit fuller assessment than can be achieved by this approach . |
| 7 | All this is framed in gender-neutral terms , but researchers have become aware of difficulties in finding women who can be placed by this classification in the ‘ higher stages ’ of moral development . |
| 8 | That this is the sense in which the term is later used can be confirmed by another piece of evidence . |
| 9 | Popper objected that pseudo-scientific theories can be confirmed by this logic , and recommended the logic of refutation : if H implies P , and if P is falsified , then H is refuted . |
| 10 | Fortunately these needs can be met by most EP systems ( perhaps by using style sheets or higher-level logical objects ) . |
| 11 | Most health education and health promotion campaigns are based on the assumptions that individual lifestyles play an important role in experiences of health and disease , and that individual behaviour can be influenced by some combination of information , emotional appeal and suggestions for change . |
| 12 | plenty of companies that er er this these er these can be printed by most printing companies what they do n't have is the infrastructure and the backup er |
| 13 | It provides a further list of options , some of which can be accessed by all LIFESPAN users , some of which are available only to certain privileged users . |
| 14 | So every er each elementary business function is stored in a central repository which can be accessed by each application on the desktop . |
| 15 | From the central storage server , files can be accessed by any client computer offering TCP/IP and supporting either file transfer protocol . |
| 16 | Another important lesson can be begun by this stage . |
| 17 | But not all the remaining convergence can be explained by this process and it has been suggested that the rest has been accommodated by the lateral movement of blocks of continental lithosphere along east-west trending strike-slip faults to the north of the Tibetan Plateau in Mongolia and western China ( Fig. 3.24 ) . |
| 18 | It is not clear a priori what classes can be recognised by any perceptron . |
| 19 | This method hopes to get the best of both worlds : stocks are transferred at variable cost ( good for decision making ) , and profits can be made by each division ( good for motivation ) . |
| 20 | An entry can be made by any part of the accused 's body or by an instrument held by the accused to intimidate someone in the building or to remove goods from the building . |
| 21 | The real concern is that the remedy applied to suppress these practices may do more long-term damage to the rights of authors and publishers than can be justified by any compensation to the victims of crime or assuaging of the moral outrage achieved by the forfeiture of the proceeds of crime . |
| 22 | But , for the lone hand , those arrow shafts can be mailed by any supplier for a small supplement to cover packing . |
| 23 | The benefits are enormous , working in raw PostScript means that anything can be scaled by any amount and all the original information is retained . |
| 24 | Its role in defining the structural marginality of ‘ Community Policing ’ departments , for example , can be illustrated by another item taken from Police Review ( 11 July 1980 : 1449 ) . |
| 25 | Minitel — a computer database that can be rented by any telephone subscriber through France 's telecommunications agency , ACT — offers thousands of vacancies , and you can advertise yourself . |
| 26 | The interview can be initiated by either side , e.g. by the interviewer when a more senior person calls a subordinate or by the interviewee when a patient calls a doctor . |
| 27 | Only a small percentage of birds can be taken by this method in any one time since eventually they are disturbed and roost elsewhere . ’ |
| 28 | This can be claimed by any parent bringing up dependent children on their own . |
| 29 | The all-importance of song in the species recognition of crickets can be shown by another experiment . |
| 30 | Students can be interviewed by each other , by their teacher , or by someone |