Example sentences of "could [adv] [be] explain [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The irreconcilability of two such extremes in one group of human beings could only be explained as part of the great mystery of human personality . |
| 2 | The overall effect is visually complicated and inelegant , and could only be explained by recourse to arcane ritual references , which at this distance of time we have little hope of tracing . |
| 3 | The effect is , therefore , an infernally hard one to spot … and yet Thom found more alignments with standstills than could realistically be explained by chance . |
| 4 | His action could simply be explained by ambition : his career in the north had shown that he was a man who liked and understood power . |
| 5 | His action could simply be explained by ambition : his career in the north had shown that he was a man who liked and understood power . |
| 6 | That would be less controversial , since liability could then be explained in terms of aiding and abetting the breach . |