Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barrel vaults were developed first and remained satisfactory in the south where their immense thrust on the walls could be borne by the use of small windows to avoid weakening the structure . |
| 2 | It could be counter-argued by the employer that increased customer interest was less due to the inherent qualities of the patented invention itself than to the uncompetitive prices charged by other suppliers of similar products . |
| 3 | They were invisible in the tall rye , yet their purposeful advance could be traced by the disturbance of the crop through which they moved . |
| 4 | ( The shape of the monkey could be discerned by the eye of prejudice even in the Chinese and Japanese , as witness many a modern cartoon . ) |
| 5 | For example , if expenditure on site access and servicing totalling £500,000 , were to be met in the proportion 80:20 ( Private Sector : Local Authority ) , an EC grant of up to £250,000 could be received by the Local Authority . |
| 6 | Student leaders say they fear that young people could be brainwashed by the organisation . |
| 7 | This could be achieved by the reduction of consumption of fossil fuels , increased energy efficiency and the installation of more effective emission control equipment on motor vehicles and power plants . |
| 8 | However , it is difficult to imagine how the specific contacts in the major groove could be achieved by the recognition helix when the non-specific contacts of the anchoring helix are inexistent . |
| 9 | Positive stressing of the geometric square could be achieved by the application of negative forces . |
| 10 | This , it was argued , could be achieved by the establishment of a parliamentary standing committee to supervise its conduct ; the Foreign Relations Committee of the American Senate was often quoted as a possible model . |
| 11 | The Senate amendment provided that the right of EC citizens resident in France to vote in European and local elections would be covered by a law " voted in the same terms by both assemblies " , whereas the National Assembly under Article 45 of the Constitution could be asked by the government to " rule definitively " on legislation if the two houses could not agree . |
| 12 | The affinity between France and England at this time could be illustrated by the fact that the diplomatic representatives of both kingdoms studied at Paris . |
| 13 | Assuming that the reforms were approved by the People 's Assembly — scheduled to debate them in early 1991 — opposition parties could be legalized by the end of March . |
| 14 | Naturally this enforcement pattern could be justified by the inspectorate who see their primary function not as a kind of industrial police force , but more of a pastoral mission rounding up wayward factory owners and showing them the light and contentment to be gained from compliance with current standards of safety , health , and welfare required by law . |
| 15 | Elizabeth 's subsidy of 1559 could be justified by the expense of the war with France that was just ending , that of 1563 by the expedition to France . |
| 16 | His view that war could be justified by the need to find peace , a view which won support from later philosophers , theologians and lawyers , was to be an influential one . |
| 17 | Its principal avowed aim was to give legislative form to the decision , contrary to the recommendation of the Law Commission , 46 and thereby allow the parties in these ‘ tragic cases ’ the dignity of a decree of nullity so that , if thought fit , provision for ancillary relief could be made by the court , and the unsavoury examination of their sexuality , rendered necessary if the only recourse were a declaration of status , could be avoided . |
| 18 | Chapman told them it was not a decision that could be made by the club . |
| 19 | Charles the Bald , by contrast , could be appropriated by the French in the nineteenth century : hence the erection of the obelisk at Fontenoy by a group of local patriots . |
| 20 | Such training could be funded by the postgraduate training allowance . |
| 21 | And er I was determined that er we would n't lose hold of this claim because it was a good claim , it was a logical claim , it was one that could be answered by the management and could be er er put into effect without any delay in time . |
| 22 | Perhaps some of the total expenditure on deprivation payments could be reserved by the family health services authorities for appeals , providing that the money was ‘ ring fenced . ’ |
| 23 | If the firm has to reinvest some of its earnings to survive , then those retained earnings are not true economic income that could be consumed by the shareholder without reducing the share 's consumption-generating power in the future . |
| 24 | This could be extended by the incorporation of a mask . |
| 25 | This pattern of interconnection means that all neurons in the neocortex could connect with any 1 mm 2 region through only one intermediate neuron , and likewise it could be influenced by the activity of any 1 mm 2 region through only one intermediary neuron . |
| 26 | The following drill shows how this was set up for ( simplified ) Basari ( Togo ) : Once these simple drills are mastered then the noun phrase in the object slot could be expanded by the addition of one modifier at a time and drilled until all modifiers which may be affixed for concord with the noun have been drilled . |
| 27 | In dioecious species , regulated in numbers by such predators , a high level of gene exchange could be maintained by the presence of a number of male trees that would not be attractive to these predators . |
| 28 | Of these 95 had been declared admissible and , if no negotiated settlement could be reached by the Commission , would go on to the European Court of Human Rights , which had issued 25 judgments in 1989 . |
| 29 | By 1949 the world 's airlines had carried over twenty million paying passengers , by 1956 the figure had reached over sixty million and it was estimated that 90 per cent of the world 's land surface could be reached by the traveller . |
| 30 | A briefing paper presented to him on Dec. 18 , 1989 , by comparison , had argued that anything up to 80,000 Pacific-based US personnel could be withdrawn by the end of fiscal 1994 , saving around $3,600 million , and that two light infantry divisions on standby postings in Alaska and Hawaii could also safely be withdrawn . |