Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] by [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , mercury in the banned products can be absorbed by the skin and lead to hypertension , stroke and heart failure . |
| 2 | They can be secured by an adult lap and diagonal seat belt or a child harness . |
| 3 | All that is a bit abstract but it can be earthed by an example . |
| 4 | And its operation can be exemplified by the kind of nonsensical expressions that Firth complains about . |
| 5 | Correct descriptions are important to auctioneers , as can be exemplified by the coding used to list paintings . |
| 6 | He met his own fate when the wizard Thomas of Ercildoune instructed Soulis 's enemies how to capture him and boil him to death in a cauldron on the Nine Stane Rig , a Bronze Age stone circle which can be reached by a scramble up the hillside above the modern B6399 between Newcastleton and Hawick . |
| 7 | Section 61 provides remedies which can be sought by the Secretary of State or , by delegation , the S.I.B . |
| 8 | Since a staggering degree of behavioural complexity can be generated by a set of individually simple subroutines , mere complexity of behaviour can not be in itself a trustworthy guide to intelligence . |
| 9 | Step one : Sexing Sexes can be differentiated by the female having two spots above the anal fin , while the male has only one . |
| 10 | The right of establishment can be invoked by a company registered in a member state against the national authorities of that state if they seek to prevent it setting up agencies , branches or subsidiaries , or participating in the incorporation of a company in another member state . |
| 11 | A hierarchical court structure is essential to give to a particular case a level of authority ; this will determine whether or not the case can be overruled by a decision of the same or a higher court , and which courts , if any , are bound by its decision . |
| 12 | Questions can be asked by The Speaker ( see below ) or the player who has just thrown ( or would have just thrown ) |
| 13 | The position as to whether an individual can be represented by a person of his choice , including a lawyer , is as follows . |
| 14 | This hierarchical description of an object can be represented by a class structure diagram , as shown below . |
| 15 | As stress is now independent of the strain the form of the diagram changes and can be represented by a dashpot which is a loose fitting piston in a cylinder containing a liquid of viscosity η . |
| 16 | The final changes c and c′ represent viscous flow and can be represented by a dashpot so that the whole model is a four element model — figure 13.5 . |
| 17 | This can be represented by a context called Title with a property that its font is two points bigger than its containing font . |
| 18 | Thus its history can be represented by a line in space-time ( the " world-line " ) . |
| 19 | The equations can be generalized for both shear and tension and G can be replaced by E. The mechanical analogue for the Maxwell unit can be represented by a combination of a spring and a dashpot arranged in series so that the stress is the same on both elements . |
| 20 | The fineness of the detail that can be seen on the rasterized image depends on ( i ) the size of the pixels , termed the spatial resolution of the system , and ( ii ) the number of grey-levels that can be represented by the system . |
| 21 | Both restrictive and non-restrictive adjectives in sentences such as ( 3 ) are alike in that they instantiate the P in : ( 6 ) [ P E ] The difference between the two possibilities is solely that , in cases of non-restriction , the speaker is aware that the identification carried out by the noun phrase as a whole is the same as it would be if the adjective ( limiting ourselves to adjectival instances ) were not present ; in essence , we have the situation as in ( 7 ) ( where the sign =i obviously stands for equality on the parameter of identification , and not for the intensional relation of equation ) : ( 7 ) In practice , the situation is almost always somewhat more complicated in English , because there will nearly always be a determiner ; thus the non-restrictive status of the adjective in the subject phrase of ( 8 ) can be represented by the formula ( 9 ) , with Pb as the adjectival property and Pc as the property inherent in the noun ( while Pa represents the word this ) : ( 8 ) this Christian Pope committed most unchristian acts ( 9 ) Nevertheless , the presence of other elements in a noun phrase beside the non-restrictive adjective and the noun itself in no way alters the principle involved . |
| 22 | Similarly , Jackson , reminding us of the different varieties of bureaucrat identified by Downs ( 1967 ) , questions the assumption that everything contributing to a bureaucrat 's utility function can be represented by the bureau 's budget . |
| 23 | The final set of conditions we shall consider can be represented by the term ‘ readiness to learn ’ . |
| 24 | The structures of crystals can be analysed by a technique variously known as X-ray analysis , X-ray crystallography , X-ray diffraction or X-ray spectrometry . |
| 25 | The degree to which the trend had affected Nonconformist life can be seen by a return to the Metropolitan Tabernacle after Spurgeon 's death . |
| 26 | This does n't require prohibitively much energy : a male 's tiny pinprick can be seen by a female from some distance on a dark night , since her eyes are exposed directly to the light source itself . |
| 27 | The specification of payment terms , currencies and dates has to be dealt with in much the same way , whether looked at from the point of view of the buyer or the seller , as can be seen by a comparison of Precedent 1 , cl 5.4 , and Precedent 2 , cl 5.1 . |
| 28 | Greg Bull , defending , said : ‘ The fact that he was a good marketing man can be seen by the way he sold himself . ‘ |
| 29 | The way in which these points are developed into a practical scheme can be seen by the case study school , Alsager Comprehensive School . |
| 30 | Exhibits can be seen by the public in both Horticultural Halls until 5pm today . |