Example sentences of "[subord] it can be [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The collection is now in the care of Brunel University Library , Uxbridge , Middlesex , also with the rest of the Mowat collection of documents , notes and railwayana , where it can be consulted by appointment with the librarian . |
| 2 | Similarly when it is hot the superficial vessels expand , so drawing heat away from the interior towards the surface , where it can be cooled by the conduction away from the skin surface . |
| 3 | It is about extending decision-making to the level where it can take place most effectively and where it can be informed by local circumstances in the context of the policy and philosophy of the school . |
| 4 | Even today , however , the older idea still prevails on a vote by a show of hands , when the common law rule is that each member has one vote irrespective of the number of shares held ; a rule which , although it can be altered by the constitution , is normally maintained , if only because the number of a human being 's hands can not be more than two . |
| 5 | Particularly in a large organization , reclassification can be a major exercise , although it can be facilitated by the support given by computer-based catalogue records . |
| 6 | But the quest for patriotism with adventure could also lead to an adaptation of C. S. Forester 's true-Brit Forever England ( 1935 ) , in which a lone sailor keeps a German ship occupied until it can be sunk by a British destroyer , and dies a hero 's death in the process . |
| 7 | What matters is the ultimate profit , and if it can be increased by employing some more salesmen so be it , even if the numbers go in the wrong way . |
| 8 | The same applies to the repetition of an auxiliary , particularly if it can be replaced by a contracted form . |
| 9 | Money supply is exogenous ( independently determined ) if it can be fixed by the authorities and if it does not vary with aggregate demand and interest rates . |
| 10 | If it can be established by observation in some test experiment that a 10 lb. weight and a 1 lb. weight in free fall move downwards at roughly the same speed , then it can be concluded that the claim that bodies fall at speeds proportional to their weight is false . |
| 11 | If the law of life is struggle , the ‘ bottom line ’ in economic activity as with any other , is the contribution it makes to that struggle , and no sector can simply opt out of it , even if it can be shown by some other criteria that doing so would improve matters . |
| 12 | If a literate person is asked whether the use of a surface anaphor is acceptable , they will tend to say ‘ yes if it can be interpreted by Sag & Hankamer 's copying in process and ‘ no ’ if it can not . |
| 13 | Any talk of rights other than those enshrined in the ( positive ) law is dangerous because it can be used by fanatics or the self-serving to subvert that law . |
| 14 | This should be carefully looked for because it can be improved by biofeedback treatment . |
| 15 | Though not so far observed , this version of the Ikeda instability is of interest because it can be derived by mean field methods , which otherwise preclude chaos . |
| 16 | Assertion ( 1 ) is falsifiable because it can be falsified by observing rain to fall on a Wednesday . |
| 17 | This is , however , usually a very long process ; and while it can be accelerated by shifting and deflation , it is in fact better to depopulate A below the diagonal , as far as possible , as an initial step . |
| 18 | As was noted above , however much one may value identification with one 's community , since it can be expressed by other means than respect for law it can not be a foundation of an obligation to respect the law , nor a basis for the general authority of governments over all their subjects . |
| 19 | A correct diagnosis is also obtained for 3 : since it can be normalised by a simple substitution of an open set item , the test diagnoses its deviance as semantic . |
| 20 | The question then arises as to whether human activity has exacerbated and is continuing to exacerbate the drought process and whether it can be mitigated by better land management . |
| 21 | He will thus avoid buying material before it can be used by accepting a small and defined risk of delaying production . |
| 22 | He will thus avoid buying material before it can be used by accepting a small and defined risk of delaying production . |
| 23 | The Product must have been created before it can be used by this option , and must still be unregistered . |
| 24 | The Product must have been updated before it can be used by this option , and must still be unregistered . |
| 25 | Why did they decide to buy a £1,200 closed system for transferring spray when it can be done by hand for free ? |
| 26 | GUIL : ( Flipping another ) Though it can be done by luck alone . |
| 27 | In either event , the power to exclude or modify pre-emptive rights ceases with the expiration or revocation of the authority conferred under section 80 , ( or 80A ) though it can be renewed by special resolution when , and to the extent that , the authority is renewed . |
| 28 | ( 1977 ) put it , " By a natural monopoly we mean an industry whose cost function is such that no combination of several firms can produce an industry output vector as cheaply as it can be provided by a single supplier' ( p. 350 ) . |
| 29 | Fleischmann was alluding to the strategic importance of lithium-6 , which is present as 7.5 per cent of all naturally occurring lithium and is an important ingredient in thermonuclear weapons as it can be cleft by neutrons to make tritium , the essential fuel , and can fuse with deuterium to make helium-4 , releasing energy in the form of gamma rays without accompanying neutrons . |
| 30 | Even the now-conventional senior management team can be counterproductive , for it can be seen by those outside it as remote , exclusive and authoritarian . |