Example sentences of "can not be explained by [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Editor , — Unfortunately , the emerging epidemic of cardiovascular disease in developing countries can not be explained by selective quotation or wishful thinking . |
2 | Gumperz warns " whatever patterning there is in this type of code switching can not be explained by generalized rules relating conversational functions to instances of code use " ( 1982 : 83 ) . |
3 | It can not be explained by conventional theory , including the mechanisms presented here and that of Runcorn , unless N R ( R N ) paths along the E rim are accompanied by R N ( N R ) paths around the antipodal path . |
4 | Whatever went wrong in the years of Mary 's personal rule , therefore , simply can not be explained by inherited weakness ; her problems have nothing to do with insecure monarchy and overmighty subjects . |
5 | Numerous analyses leave no doubt that the scale of these changes can not be explained by any combination of relative adjustments within the context of post-war international economic recovery , the emergence of new industrial nations , the vigorous operation of comparative advantage within a high growth of trade , or by the substantial increase in semi-manufactures [ Panic , 1975 ] . |
6 | The enhanced changes observed in this study in posterior wall biopsy specimens compared with those from the anterior wall can not be explained by any clinical factor . |
7 | This reading can not be explained by contextual modulation , so it must be the result of selection from a set of discrete possibilities . |
8 | This is the position known as materialism ; it is opposed to idealism which , in a broad sense , sees the basis of human existence as abstract spiritual concepts whose origin can not be explained by natural circumstances . |