Example sentences of "[that] can [adv] be [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | We need one more equation between our variables that can again be provided by Gauss 's law . |
| 2 | Perhaps by analogy with this he began to see that animal species too are in a state of dynamic equilibrium with one another and with the environment , an equilibrium that can easily be disturbed by geological changes or by the immigration of new species into the area . |
| 3 | a simple embedded mark-up that can easily be used by other tools . |
| 4 | From Deleuze and Guattari , Lecercle picks up the idea of the potential violence of the institution of language which , as they point out , is not so much a neutral entity that can best be analysed by looking at " normal " ( i.e. declarative ) sentences as a series of other people 's slogans organised into a system of power-relations . |
| 5 | The political emphasis for these and other initiatives has been crucial to a Conservative government set on a course of action that can best be described by the phrase ‘ small is beautiful ’ . |
| 6 | Ask for details of sensations , where they are situated , where they move to , how they start and change , find out what the pattern is but take care to use open ended questions whenever possible ; questions that can not be answered by a simple ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ , such as ‘ How does your head feel ? ’ instead of ‘ Do you have a headache ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Are the same pupils regularly absent ? ’ is the first obvious question that can not be answered by examining attendance rates . |
| 8 | Their ideologies create enclosed belief-systems that can not be affected by evidence which contradicts them . |
| 9 | As was recognized in the US in the 1960s ( David , 1965 ) , the social services have the potential for providing rewarding and socially useful employment for a large proportion of the work-force that can not be absorbed by other sectors of the labour market . |
| 10 | The key criteria are that a person has a range of needs that can not be met by one agency alone and his or her ability to live independently is in jeopardy . |
| 11 | On July 10 , 1990 , the government announced that as a result of its decision to withdraw subsidies " for commodities in ever-growing demand that can not be met by home production " it would ( i ) almost double the price of fuel ; ( ii ) increase the price of luxury goods , newspapers and books ; and ( iii ) double the price of mineral water . |
| 12 | By awarding the Dalai Lama the Nobel Peace Prize , it has strengthened what is the one real threat to Peking 's rule of Tibet , the one source of dissent that can not be silenced by guns : the international prestige of Tibet 's exiled ‘ God King ’ . |
| 13 | To say that Socrates is mortal is true is not to say anything that can not be said by asserting that Socrates is mortal . |
| 14 | It also requires forms of political control and accountability that can not be evaded by the structural logic of the bureaucrats ' class position . |
| 15 | exhibiting a full range of products , particularly large items that can not be demonstrated by a travelling representative ; |
| 16 | Efforts to improve the efficiency have included the introduction of disinfectants into the steam but this has proved extremely wasteful and the effect offers little that can not be achieved by cleaning with hot high pressure water jets and the separate spray application of a suitable disinfectant . |
| 17 | Just before his death in 1966 , Disney was quoted as saying : ‘ I do not believe there are any heights that can not be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true ’ . |
| 18 | It is , however , the industrial revolution that can not be ignored by any business intent on progress and security . |
| 19 | Fumaroli makes the standard conservative argument that an art that can not be sustained by its audience does not deserve to survive . |
| 20 | The approach suggests that organisations can be viewed as essentially the same and that there are few differences between organisations that can not be overcome by the application of general principles . |
| 21 | Similarly to call a proposition " false " is not to provide any essential factual information about the proposition in question that can not be provided by asserting its negation . |
| 22 | The program implements a prescan of the data to determine parameters that can not be resolved by the direct leastsquares method of analysis . |
| 23 | Problems that can not be resolved by reasoned debate have tended to be ignored in the hope that they will go away . |
| 24 | Many teachers argue that the more important things that they are concerned with , the ‘ something more ’ , are qualities that can not be measured by tests of competence ; if teaching is geared to what can be measured , objectives in other words , then these important qualities will be omitted and both the teaching and students will be the poorer . |
| 25 | It may not be possible to remove the highlights with grease remover , but do not use emery powder — it will leave scratch marks that can not be removed by polishing later . |
| 26 | This is really the only difference ( except for the case ) between the SK210 and the other two models that can not be changed by the purchase of an accessory . |
| 27 | Executive positions exist because there are problems that can not be solved by most employees . |
| 28 | Problems that can not be solved by simple application of treaty principles are excluded . |
| 29 | 3 When it is time for interrogation , vary your approach — do n't always begin questioning from the same point in the classroom ; do n't always start with the same students but criss-cross about the classroom in a pattern that can not be identified by the students . |
| 30 | Instead , the information descends into generality in a manner that can not be avoided by recourse to either word-frequency or syntactic information . |