Example sentences of "can be follow by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often , however , an attack of non-specific urethritis can be followed by months , if not years , of needless worry and anxiety , simply because , following the mind 's focusing on the genitalia , the patient has noticed certain characteristics of his sexual organs for the first time , and normality has become abnormality . |
| 2 | In addition to breaking the criminal law , a crime can be followed by criminal proceedings , including punishment . |
| 3 | it seems as if there were people in medieval and earlier times , aware of the significance of particular sites , who have , in some way we do not fully understand , left instructions and clues which can be followed by those who can tune in to them . |
| 4 | In fact , if there is an un-carpeted area , real water can be used in the play sink or a bowl , and ‘ meals ’ can be followed by real washing up , sorting and restacking in cupboards or on shelves . |
| 5 | Most new investors will qualify for pioneer status , entitling them to a five to 10- year tax exemption on company profits , depending on the project , and this can be followed by post-pioneer status for up to 10 years of only 10% tax . |
| 6 | Marriage breakdown can be followed by debt problems . |
| 7 | While the sound of the doorbell or knocker can trigger the dog to start barking , this can be followed by aggression towards the caller . |
| 8 | The resultant destabilization of covalent bonds brings about structural rearrangements on a timescale of 1–10 picoseconds , which under some circumstances can be followed by material leaving the surface . |
| 9 | And it may also demand analysis of the constructions that a word may appear in , for instance , that a verb like want can be followed by the term for what is wanted , as in I want that block ; or by a clause , as in I want him to come here . |
| 10 | ’ That section sets out some of the principles to be applied , and , for example , points out an alternative course which can be followed by judges where the extent of wasted costs is not clear : see section 6.7 , p. 20 of the guide . |
| 11 | Other structural changes , such as association or hydrogen bonding , are reflected in vibrational spectra , and can be followed by vibrational spectroscopy , as can processes of solvation . |
| 12 | This can be followed by the Note Pad unit on which to record decisions and the reasons for them as they are made . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Thus the rate of crystallization can be followed by recording the density changes which are readily detected in a dilatometer . |
| 15 | Structured methodologies use techniques most of which can be followed by analysts and users alike . |
| 16 | As no grammar is used above — any word can be followed by any other word — the number of word choices in the system is potentially equal to the number of words in the lexicon . |
| 17 | Commenting on ( 167a ) and ( 167b ) , he observes that only oblige can be followed by a " resultative structure " , whereas make " supposes a concomitance between causation and the actualization of the effect being caused , which forces the latter to refer to the operation itself rather than to the state which results from it " . |
| 18 | After hatching , larvae may develop through four larval stages into free-living adult male and female worms and this can be followed by a succession of free-living generations . |
| 19 | In final position in the syllable , we find that can be followed by ( e.g. ‘ watched ’ ) and by ( e.g. ‘ wedged ’ ) . |