Example sentences of "[adv] be explain [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Transitory increases in the prevalence of HIV antibody have all been explained by imported infection . |
| 2 | These differences can therefore only be explained by racial discrimination ’ ( p. 16 ) . |
| 3 | These contradictory data could perhaps be explained by different viruses having a role in different geographical areas . |
| 4 | The strange occurrence at Ingrow Tunnel has not been explained by logical reasons and so must be regarded as , maybe , a paranormal phenomenon . |
| 5 | In the former slave economies this can not be explained on political grounds , since the South was conquered and the old plantation aristocracy was at least temporarily powerless , though it soon returned . |
| 6 | A great cultural movement like the twelfth-century Renaissance can not be explained in simple terms : the influences and the inspiration which created it flowed through many channels , some of them deep beneath the ground . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , when all factors have been assessed , there still remain effects which can not be explained in orthodox terms . |
| 8 | Whatever the overall trend , the steps from one class to the next were so abrupt that they could not be explained by gradual transmutation . |
| 9 | Editor , — Unfortunately , the emerging epidemic of cardiovascular disease in developing countries can not be explained by selective quotation or wishful thinking . |
| 10 | This is the position known as materialism ; it is opposed to idealism which , in a broad sense , sees the basis of human existence as abstract spiritual concepts whose origin can not be explained by natural circumstances . |
| 11 | Whatever went wrong in the years of Mary 's personal rule , therefore , simply can not be explained by inherited weakness ; her problems have nothing to do with insecure monarchy and overmighty subjects . |
| 12 | Gumperz warns " whatever patterning there is in this type of code switching can not be explained by generalized rules relating conversational functions to instances of code use " ( 1982 : 83 ) . |
| 13 | Conversely there were occasions when world oil production reached levels which could not be explained by known consumption forecasts , as IEA member governments established or topped up strategic stocks against the uncertainties of life , like the US government 's vast Strategic Petroleum Reserve ( SPR ) . |
| 14 | This reading can not be explained by contextual modulation , so it must be the result of selection from a set of discrete possibilities . |
| 15 | It can not be explained by conventional theory , including the mechanisms presented here and that of Runcorn , unless N R ( R N ) paths along the E rim are accompanied by R N ( N R ) paths around the antipodal path . |
| 16 | Mystics are aware that their experience can never be explained in rational terms and insist that it is unhelpful and can even be dangerous to attempt to define the ultimate reality in terms of reason and logic . |