Example sentences of "they can be [vb pp] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ferrets force the rabbits to abandon their homes and bolt to the surface , where they can be killed by a number of methods . |
| 2 | Otherwise they can be grown by the filter outlet at corners of the tank . |
| 3 | Well if they 've separated you see you get one on the inside track , one on the outside track and they can be separated by a hundred metres so that there 's one , one side one |
| 4 | They can be prepared by the removal of carbon dioxide ( decarboxylation ) from the appropriate alkanoic acid , e.g. methane is prepared by heating soda lime ( calcium oxide with sodium hydroxide ) with ethanoic acid . |
| 5 | However , keep , paint , leave , produce , drink do not support subordinate clauses ; and , while they can be followed by the same sequence of noun phrase + adjective , the adjective is not clausal in their case but a predicate qualifier , and it shows the other characteristics to be expected of a predicate qualifier . |
| 6 | If you are over-weight , and must cut down the amount you eat , you will repeatedly lapse , to satisfy your cravings. persistent minor symptoms , such as headaches , aching limbs or a lack of energy are often put down to nerves or stress but they can be caused by a reaction to food . |
| 7 | Thicker lines are no guarantee of invulnerability , as they can be weakened by a partial cut and snap at the next pull ; equally , they are more expensive ! |
| 8 | They can be secured by an adult lap and diagonal seat belt or a child harness . |
| 9 | So , in effect , the SAM works by taking an enormous number of individual measurements of acoustic reflectivity and converting them to equivalent light and dark dots on a TV screen where they can be seen by the human eye . |
| 10 | Kuhn 's paradigms are not so precise that they can be replaced by an explicit set of rules , as was mentioned above . |
| 11 | Other non-book materials have particular storage and retrieval problems , which are probably less urgent than illustrations , but if it is decided to place copies of RBG slides in the Library , they can be handled by the technology envisaged . |
| 12 | Aye , I know that the calf muscles will atrophy , but at least they can be supported by a brace and the boy 'll be able to walk . ’ |
| 13 | Minor interests are interests in land that ca n't be entered on a registered title , but which are not overriding interests such as have just been described , for they can be overridden by the registered proprietor in any disposition for value . |
| 14 | As for commercial reactions , they can be judged by the fact that the capital cost of a first FBR is estimated by the British nuclear industry at between 20 and 30 per cent greater than that of a PWR , and generating costs 20 per cent more . |
| 15 | Although the discs will fit any drive , this is no guarantee that they can be read by the computer . |
| 16 | This will mean they can be briefed by the CPS . |
| 17 | They can be found by the close packing of similar spheres and are in two categories : ( 1 ) The tetrahedron , cube and octahedron grow in succession , cycle after cycle , by each encasing its predecessor . |
| 18 | It is also possible that they can be produced by the slumping of large masses of sediment in water , though in this case the cause may be confused with the effect . |
| 19 | This means they can be reabsorbed by the body . |
| 20 | China is offering to sell Scud surface-to-surface missiles to Saudi Arabia so that they can be used by the United States in a programme to improve the Patriot missile defence system , according to a report in the Haaretz newspaper in Israel . |