Example sentences of "[Wh det] could be [adv] [vb pp] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1760s the Physiocrats in France laid much of the ideological foundation for a new form of monarchy by popularizing ideas of a natural social order which could be easily discovered by the use of the human intelligence and which all unbiased men of goodwill must support . |
| 2 | At a conference at Oxford in December 1989 , Professor Randolph Quirk , the famous linguist , attacked me fiercely for including material like this , which could be easily misrepresented by the press . |
| 3 | A spokeswoman for the Health Services Unit explained : ‘ We wanted to give the service a corporate image which could be easily understood by the public . |
| 4 | Here was a strong social basis for social purity , which could be effectively mobilised by moral entrepreneurs . |
| 5 | Wooden bows are rarely preserved , although one was described by the excavator as a ‘ bow , about five feet in length , which could be distinctly traced by the dark line of decomposed wood ’ ( Hillier 1856 , p. 30 ) . |
| 6 | Rub it right into the roots ! ’ which could be clearly heard by Matilda in her bedroom across the corridor . |
| 7 | I myself was grimly unsympathetic , pointing out the years of government and social inaction on cervical cancer , a sexually-related disease from which only women suffer and which could be drastically reduced by simple health education and changes in heterosexual male habits . |
| 8 | In 1935 the maximum production for Champagne was set at 50 hectolitres per hectare which could be annually modified by a special commission up or down to suit the specific conditions of the harvest . |
| 9 | It became increasingly a political pariah , relegated to a marginal position in society , which could be safely ignored by influential opinion . |
| 10 | First , note that there are two general factors influencing the profitability calculation which could be substantially altered by the institution of a national investment bank appropriating the personal sector surplus and also promoting large-scale public sector investment projects . |
| 11 | ( These were words which could be accurately predicted by 90 per cent of subjects in a sentence completion task . ) |
| 12 | Similarly , a patient with dyspepsia would need an internal examination by a consultant because he might be suffering from an ulcer which could be quickly treated by drugs , preventing weeks of suffering . |