Example sentences of "[noun sg] may be explained by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unexpected finding of very few and exclusively group II introns in plant mitochondria may be explained by their requirement for trans-splicing . |
| 2 | The reticence of the CAB to put its case more cogently to the private sector may be explained by their historic fear of losing their independence . |
| 3 | This difference may be explained by the technique involved . |
| 4 | As we shall see in Chapter 6 , much conformity may be explained by powerlessness in the face of social circumstances , where the actors recognise their inability to change things , and so resign themselves to making the best of it . |
| 5 | The observation of a less noticeable stimulatory response to neuropeptide Y in the rat than in the dog may be explained by the fact that these rats were anaesthetised with urethane which is known to cause release of somatostatin — a known universal inhibitor of gut secretions . |
| 6 | The non-existence of such dealings can not however be conclusive because their absence may be explained by some extraneous consideration , for example , lack of occasion , the attitude of the regime to human rights , its relationship to another state . |
| 7 | This difference in performance may be explained by factors related to the dictionary compilation process . |
| 8 | Although individualists allow that certain types of individual property may be explained by appealing to the properties of groups , they are committed to the view that other individual properties can not be explained in this fashion . |
| 9 | This discrepancy may be explained by a more sensitive method of collecting biopsy specimens and is in agreement with the results of Kreuning et al who also investigated multiple biopsy specimens from the proximal duodenum . |
| 10 | Alternatively , the discrepancy may be explained by the experimental protocols since the studies of Appleton et al could not take into account the interactions between carcinogen and calcium or enterectomy . |
| 11 | The difference in the frequency of symptomatic recurrence may be explained by an evolving policy of management when considering gall stone patients for non-surgical treatment . |
| 12 | By " special constructions " we mean in particular cumulative lists of adjectives as in ( 12 ) , where , however , the order may be explained by the quite general if ill-defined tendency to leave " heavy " constituents to the latest possible point , as in ( 13 ) : ( 12 ) policies foreign , social and educational ( 13 ) that salesman has just come back who kept getting in the way when you were trying to vaccinate the ewes last week Postnominal associatives may also just possibly be admitted in constructions expressing sharp opposition : ( 14 ) scientists nuclear but not biological The latter type , however , is at best questionable ; and , as a good general rule , we may say that associative adjectives do not normally occur in postnominal position . |
| 13 | He concluded that the no-arbitrage condition is supported by the empirical evidence , and that the earlier underpricing may be explained by the newness of the market and the inexperience of the participants , or by the tax timing option ( see Section 5.3.4 ) becoming unimportant . |