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

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1 All that statutory reforms have done as yet is to make piecemeal extensions of the remedies afforded to members so that they can be invoked by personal representatives of members .
2 Although such mixtures can not be separated by fractional distillation , they can be separated by other means .
3 Accordingly , they can be ignored by monetary authorities seeking to control the overall price level .
4 Changes in the TPFR should be interpreted with caution , however , as they can be affected by short-term changes in the timing of childbearing .
5 For social reasons , both the degree of concentration of certain acknowledged problems and the extent to which they can be explained by internal processes of self-generation rather externally imposed processes may be grossly exaggerated .
6 This section discusses these pensions , how they can be increased by additional voluntary contributions , how you can build up a pension if you have no access to an employer 's scheme and how divorce affects your right to your ex-husband 's pension .
7 CNC machine tool manufacturers have often promoted their products with the claim that they can be operated by unskilled operators , and it was widely believed for some time that engineering companies were taking the opportunity given by the introduction of CNC machine tools to replace skilled craft workers by unskilled or semi-skilled operators on the shop-floor , and putting white-collared technicians in the programming office .
8 They can be given by passing laws , and taken away just as easily .
9 The notion that they can be judged by Libyan law wherever they are , because they are Libyans by birth and can not alter that by acts of will , seems to underlie the government 's policies of clandestine homicide towards them .
10 They can be emulated by other languages .
11 But even they can be thwarted by strong security measures .
12 Those extreme inductivists , the logical positivists , went so far as to say that theories only have meaning insofar as they can be verified by direct observation .
13 They can be supplemented by biographical dictionaries .
14 Second , they can be qualified by relative clauses : ( 26 ) the rudest , which was very rude indeed , is best forgotten now the longest that I have ever seen was about two metres and a half ( 27 ) the fragrant , which comes from Japan , is a splendid choice the triangular which you wanted has been sold
15 They can be hired by individual groups with specific needs/goals or you can join them for days on plastic or longer courses on snow .
16 Generally , the notation is hospitable to new subjects , since they can be inserted by decimal subdivision .
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