Example sentences of "[adj] can be [verb] by " in BNC.

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1 The way this government control has come to be accepted as normal and proper can be seen by the irritated reactions of ministers and whips on the odd occasions when something goes wrong .
2 Any additional endowment cover you may require with HeadStart 531 can be provided by Sun Life , one of the UK 's most respected life assurance companies .
3 Even the detailed entries on 1015 and 1016 can be supplemented by the Encomium Emmae , Thietmar of Merseburg , Icelandic poetry , and later English sources .
4 The total measurement of scallops and spaces is longer than the pole length , but this can be lost by increasing the size of one or two pleats .
5 An erosion surface should show up as an excess in a certain range of altitude and this can be revealed by a device such as a hypsographic curve , which aims to depict the overall distribution of elevation and is usually used to illustrate the earth 's major relief features .
6 If there is a significant urethritis , this can be adduced by first sample can be spun down and the solid matter can be stained and microscopically examined .
7 This can be developed by regarding organisms as chemodynamical machines , by identifying three classes of bioenergetic processes namely fermentation , photosynthesis , and respiration , and by utilizing an approach to classification based upon microphysiology and biochemistry as well as upon macrostructure of organisms and upon macrophysiological processes .
8 This can be reached by a well maintained serpentine path down the steep slope .
9 This can be expressed by people saying that they feel they want a child for their fulfilment as human beings .
10 The authority of government therefore is limited ; and this can be expressed by saying that certain rights of the individual and of the private association are safeguarded .
11 If you do decide to opt for the income to be paid out to you , this can be arranged by payment directly into your bank account .
12 This can be recognised by the clubface partly facing the ground halfway into the forward swing ( photo left ) .
13 Much of this can be explained by the cooptation which has taken place through the mechanism of clientelism .
14 This can be explained by the recent deep subsidence in Cainozoic times .
15 This can be explained by the decrease in the solar flux ( caused by SO 2 absorption ) which reduces the rate of O 2 photolysis and hence of O 3 production .
16 Depths less than this can be explained by the infilling of lagoons and the deposition of some material on banks .
17 Moreover , the lunar seismic signals were of a very different nature from those seen in the Earth , and this can be explained by the prevalence of a fragmented medium in the outer regions of the Moon .
18 This can be explained by the absence of ulcers in their study , and by the nature of our scoring system .
19 This can be understood by assuming that the neutrons do not mix uniformly with the protons but tend to form a skin on the surface of the nucleus .
20 What is lacking is the will to move towards the alternatives , and this can be influenced by public opinion .
21 This can be covered by the skirting board at the walls , or by a variety of mouldings such as stair-nose ( for edging the top stair ) , T-profile ( for where two wood floors join at the same level ) , and quadrant ( where you 've left the original skirting in place , or at a wall where there is no skirting ) .
22 This can be minimised by choosing packages so that the variations are concentrated into as small a number of packages as is practicable .
23 This can be created by planting coloured and oakleaf lettuces , parsley and chives as edging in front of groups of red and green Swiss Chard , gold and purple podded French beans , red-purple flowered Asparagus Peas and yellow courgettes .
24 Some of this can be prevented by deliberately planting the joins with herbs like creeping thyme ( Thymus x serpyllum ) and pennyroyal ( Mentha pulegium ) which have matted stems lying flat on the ground .
25 Such amenorrhoea is associated with bone loss , and this can be prevented by the judicious use of cyclical hormones .
26 This can be prevented by painting the surface of the clean key cap with clear nail varnish .
27 In Northern Ireland the time limit is 10 days , although this can be extended by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland .
28 This can be substantiated by reference to the facts on both .
29 The impact of this can be assessed by the diagram in Figure 4.1 ( which assumes 100 per cent funding from pupil numbers ) .
30 This can be assessed by linking class structure to income distribution figures .
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