Example sentences of "can [adv] be [vb pp] by [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The property in British ships can only be transferred by means of a bill of sale which is registered in the shipping register . |
| 2 | On the contrary , it must be clear , a priori that in an antagonistic society , a society based on productive and social anarchy , there can not be an uninterrupted development of the forces , for in such a society the laws of equilibrium are and can only be realized by means of continual or recurrent disruptions of the equilibrium . |
| 3 | Often the individual has done such a good job of ‘ forgetting ’ that this recall can only be achieved by means of regression . |
| 4 | It i.s therefore important to have a sufficient range of variation in these independent variables ' , and this can only be achieved by means of cross-national study . |
| 5 | The point of this exercise is to limit the terms experience , life , and reality in such a manner as to enable the claim that popular access to all three can only be gained by means of art which , for the purposes of national education effectively means English and especially English literature . |
| 6 | You 're always seeing inexplicable bumps , they can only be caused by people nodding off |
| 7 | As Mr Gladstone has pointed out , in the last few years progress has been far more rapid because improved education has created in all classes of the community an increased desire and appetite for literature which did not formerly exist , and that can only be supplied by means of such public libraries in which we are now met . |
| 8 | This can best be done by means of a written memo . |
| 9 | Providing such deficits are kept within manageable proportions they can usually be financed by means of capital inflows such as foreign investment or incurring debts to overseas banks . |
| 10 | Another is to record it on a transparency sheet , which can then be displayed by means of an overhead projector on a screen or blank wall . |