Example sentences of "can be judged by the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the experimental situation the subject is merely hearing a description of the person from varying points of view , the person is not present so he can be judged by the subject her/himself in a social context .
2 This is the challenge which Headway takes on , and its success can be judged by the popularity of the course with teachers and students alike .
3 The degree to which such fear exists can be judged by the ease with which the gutter press froths up public agitation over stories concerning discharged former offenders .
4 Families from the towns and villages of the county emigrated in large numbers , especially in the 19th century , and their spread and influence can be judged by the number of Ayrshire place-names to be found throughout the world .
5 The former type of thinking can be judged by the accuracy of its predictions , the latter by the aesthetic pattern or moral complexity it achieves .
6 Just how rough can be judged by the fact that Annabel Salmon , Eurotunnel 's official spokeswoman , yesterday called off her engagements on the grounds that she has lost her voice .
7 As for commercial reactions , they can be judged by the fact that the capital cost of a first FBR is estimated by the British nuclear industry at between 20 and 30 per cent greater than that of a PWR , and generating costs 20 per cent more .
8 The success of BEFIEX can be judged by the fact that by 1985 it covered 40 per cent of all manufactures , with a significant increase of the net trade generated ( Fritsch and Franco , 1988 : p. 116 ) .
9 The success of the laser battle can be judged by the fact that the branch manager ultimately scored an incredible -25 , perhaps indicating that the service team can co-operate well in achieving a joint goal .
10 Our first Members ' Evening was held at the Community College on Friday 1st March 1991 and its success can be judged by the fact that it went on until the Social Secretary literally had to call a halt at 11.15 p.m. !
11 The rapidity with which the CNAA sought to respond to the demand for business studies courses can be judged by the fact that the Business Studies Board , which began to meet in March 1965 , had held five meetings by July .
12 The extent of the process can be judged by the fact that in 1970–71 there were 117 meetings of subject boards , 113 visits , 253 courses considered and 159 approved ( of the ninety-four rejected thirty-four were still under consideration at the beginning of the next academic year ) .
13 The vast majority of what are generally called well-educated persons in this country have , in the very process of their education , been impressed with the belief that metre is an arrangement of language which can be judged by the application of a mechanical test , and that the poet who produces a line which does not answer to the test is a fit subject for correction by any critic who can point out the discrepancy .
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