Example sentences of "can be [verb] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The retained profit can be unlocked by declaration of a dividend . |
| 2 | Minerals : Minerals ( or trace elements ) can be absorbed by fish , either from their food or from the surrounding water . |
| 3 | Hard tough polymers can be typified by cellulose acetate and several curves measured at different temperatures are shown in figure 13.7(a) . |
| 4 | The general behaviour of a polymer can be typified by results obtained for an amorphous atactic polystyrene sample . |
| 5 | The home ought to be a safe haven , the place where people go to get away from fear and violence , and it is this fundamental feeling of safety which can be destroyed by child sexual abuse . |
| 6 | It 's a ludicrous game of make-believe and let's pretend , and the biggest let's pretend is that Britain is fighting a war of principle , on its own terms , for purposes which the people understand and support , and for aims which can be realised by war . |
| 7 | The items can be gathered by children themselves , for example , shiny things ; things of a particular colour ; things of a particular texture ( rough , smooth , prickly ) ; particular shapes ( rounded , with holes , pointed , with straight sides , spirals , etc. ) ; things we use in the kitchen or bathroom ; things that we use to draw with or cook with . |
| 8 | Information can be gathered by means of a questionnaire which new adherents are either invited to fill in themselves , or which can be completed in an interview by one of the church leaders . |
| 9 | No , the true hard luck tale can be related by jockey Andrew Adams , 27 , who missed the winning ride after smashing his left knee in a fall at Doncaster in February and remains on the sidelines for the rest of the season . |
| 10 | These can be related by Pythagoras ' Theorem for a right angled triangle . |
| 11 | The summit can be reached by foot or by donkey , with breathtaking views of the surrounding scenery . |
| 12 | St Michael 's Mount , 2 miles away , can be reached by foot when the tide is out or by motor launch at high tide . |
| 13 | The bigger beach at Gumbet can be reached by dolmus ( bus ) for about 25p . |
| 14 | For those who are not so energetic , the high peaks can be reached by cable cars and chair lifts from mid June onwards . |
| 15 | The main reservoirs of Wasserfallboden and Mooserboden can be reached by road from the village , while the Limberg dam is reached via the Limbergstollen , a lift in an inclined shaft that is 2 miles long , quite an experience ! |
| 16 | Along Hadrian 's Wall ( which from July to September can be reached by coach from Corbridge ) there are a number of interesting historical sites — the Roman Army Museum ; Vindolanda ( large Roman fort ) ; a Roman hospital and a Roman cavalry fort . |
| 17 | Totnes , 8 miles away , can be reached by boat ; amongst other attractions , it has a motor museum , Elizabethan museum and the country 's only horse-drawn double-decker bus service . |
| 18 | I have done little to remedy that myself , except to fall back on the preferred notion of level , which at least can begin to explicate how things can be reached by effort at some times but not others . |
| 19 | Situated eight kilometres out of the centre of Funchal on the Camacha road , they can be reached by bus or taxi . |
| 20 | Located near Budapest , the site can be reached by bus or train . |
| 21 | Can be motivated by enthusiasm . |
| 22 | First , a bureau does not produce a surplus of revenue over costs which can be appropriated by employers , owners or employees as their own income . |
| 23 | Conversation can be generated by pupils using drill and practice software as well as database programs , in that the pupils often use each other as a resource for learning , drawing upon each others ' preknowledge and experience . |
| 24 | Given the political will , a primitive nationalism can be generated by governments in a remarkably short space of time , certainly in less than a generation . |
| 25 | Can be differentiated by means of its concave anal fin . |
| 26 | Conversely , the competition rules can be invoked by businesses as a ‘ sword ’ to cut away the private barriers to trade . |
| 27 | As any privilege to refuse to give evidence can be invoked by witnesses , the ‘ commission ’ or other document appointing the diplomatic officer or consular agent or commissioner should contain the necessary details about such privilege . |
| 28 | And yet , as may be seen from the cardinal importance he attaches to a Herodotean term like the peri - plus , Pound can be invoked by poets for whom the natural subjectmatter is topographical rather than historical , or at any rate historical only so far as history is checked against , and embodied in , and qualified by , topography . |
| 29 | Experimental data on the influence of temperature and pressure on phase equilibria can be represented by phase diagrams . |
| 30 | The valeur of a socially meaningful item can be represented by means of a three dimensional grid . |