Example sentences of "this may be [verb] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be explained by misspellings or misread-.ings . |
| 2 | In the case of upshot , it is the illocutionary or perlocutionary force , what the speaker is trying to do with his or her words , which is made explicit , and this may be prefaced by utterances like : ‘ Are you trying to annoy me ? ’ or ‘ What 's the point of telling me this ? ’ or ‘ I was only trying to be friendly ’ . |
| 3 | This may be illustrated by Marx 's view of the nature of ownership and production in capitalist society . |
| 4 | This may be seen by appointment only . |
| 5 | This may be done by means of a pipette and a mirror . |
| 6 | This may be done by spells directed at the harmful being , hoping to negate its influence , or by the performance of a large-scale shamanistic seance in which those who have spirit guides send their ‘ souls ’ ( ruwai ) out into the worlds of the various non-human beings looking for the one responsible . |
| 7 | This may be done by heating in a jug in the microwave for 4min , then cover the jug and leave for 10min . |
| 8 | This may be given by reference to time elapsing after the date of issue of the document , and it is quite possible for the time-limit to be passed before the document can be served or even before it is received by the Central Authority . |
| 9 | This may be achieved by correspondence , but a meeting may be necessary , and is almost always desirable . |
| 10 | Questions like this may be asked by people who assume that you have the same sort of lifestyle as they do , or who are clumsily trying to find out whether you do . |
| 11 | In anecdotal reports of exacerbation of inflammatory bowel disease by iron supplementation , this may be mediated by hydroxyl radical production by the Fenton reaction . |
| 12 | It must also be remembered that the voluntary sector has an important role as critic and that this may be impeded by interweaving . |
| 13 | Interest is payable net of the basic rate Income Tax ( this may be reclaimed by non-taxpayers ) or payable gross subject to the required self certification . |
| 14 | Large-scale crustal shortening is often present in intercontinental collision orogens and this may be accommodated by folding ( Figs 3.17 , 3.18 ) , or by the limited subduction of continental crust during the initial phase of collision following the previous episode of steady-state subduction . |