Example sentences of "may be [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is worth noting that imaginative use of unsophisticated technology ( as discussed in Chapter 7 ) can aid this part of an investigation , enabling a large volume of activities that may be undertaken by specified functional groups to be readily summarised . |
| 2 | Although there have been some investigations of a functional kind relating soil erosion amount to controlling variables in areas like Zimbabwe ( Stocking , 1977 ) , studies of soil loss are potentially very useful ( Stocking , 1980 ) and may be undertaken by detailed process investigations which are usually concerned with parts of the erosion process or with laboratory measurements ( e.g. De Ploey , 1983 ) , by empirical investigations which monitor output in relation to input and use a relation similar to the Universal Soil Loss equation ; and factorial survey methods which Stocking ( 1980 ) visualizes as analysis and collation of the spatial pattern of all factors which relate to soil loss erosion . |
| 3 | The design , costing , supervision and execution of a project may be undertaken by different individuals within the organisation but by informal agreement , not legally based demarcation . |
| 4 | These defects , which are bubbles , cracks and delaminations , are not necessarily visible even under the highest magnifications of optical or electron microscopes as they may be hidden by other elements of the circuit in layers above the flaw . |
| 5 | Physical indications that may be caused by defective vision : unusual head position while working ( poking forward or held sideways ) ; work held at an unusual distance or angle ; frowning , squinting or facial grimaces when trying to read ; complaints of headache or dizziness during visual activities ; covering one eye with the hand , or closing it ; aversion to bright light . |
| 6 | The low birthweight may be caused by external factors , such as smoking during pregnancy ; premature babies , which may result from insufficient standards of antenatal care , will be highly prone to early infection . |
| 7 | Such market effects may be caused by changing consumer attitudes , for instance in the UK to the wearing of fur or seal-skin clothing ; or by direct legislative interference . |
| 8 | Third , blocks may be caused by toxic substances inhibiting the function of an enzyme or enzymes . |
| 9 | Persistent leg pain may be caused by varicose veins . |
| 10 | This means that several hundred of the 40,000 deaths from lung cancer each year may be caused by passive smoking . |
| 11 | This question is as important for interests theories as it is rarely discussed , for harm to interests may be caused by remote actors . |
| 12 | Recent evidence favours the idea that inflammatory bowel disease may be caused by mesenteric vasculitis . |
| 13 | Such breaks , which occur in deep mountain valleys more often than in lowland valleys , are not always easy to interpret , as similar forms may be caused by lithological differences or by glaciation . |
| 14 | Aggression may be caused by nagging pain , which your dog is unable to express to you , and which is soothed by acupuncture . |
| 15 | Other fears may be caused by unpleasant shock or injury . |
| 16 | With this in mind , many companies give the customer the benefit of the doubt when this does not involve high cost , even though they suspect that the fault may be caused by inappropriate use of the product on the part of the customer ; for example , garden fork manufacturers may replace prematurely broken forks , even though the break may have been caused by work for which the fork was not designed . |
| 17 | Such a sub-lithospheric thermal anomaly may be generated by a mantle plume , an upwelling of hot mantle originating deep in the Earth 's interior , possibly at the core-mantle boundary ; alternatively , it may be caused by localized heating at shallower depths in the mantle . |
| 18 | Other types of mental handicap may be caused by genetic disorders , although not specifically related to chromosomes . |
| 19 | A bald statement that the exercise of public functions may be challenged by judicial review does not , however , tell us all there is to know about the sort of decisions which are amenable to judicial review ; and so now we must consider a number of distinctions which can be drawn between types of public functions . |
| 20 | In these circumstances a decision not to adjourn may be challenged by judicial review . |
| 21 | Intravenous acetylcysteine remains the antidote of choice in Britain for patients presenting to medical care early enough ; oral methionine , another precursor of hepatic glutathione , is probably inferior to acetylcysteine as vomiting is common after overdose and metabolism to glutathione may be impaired by increasing liver dysfunction . |
| 22 | Just as for two-terminal networks , the large-signal response of a four-terminal network may be determined by graphical analysis of the static characteristics . |
| 23 | Such subordinate staff , including enforcement officers , as may be determined by Senior Management . |
| 24 | Results presented here suggest that the two α subunit variants in humans may be regulated by alternate splicing . |
| 25 | It is such considerations of equity and judgement that make the course-work component in examinations suspect , however much its assessment may be regulated by published sets of criteria . |
| 26 | The abundance and the functional effects of N-Oct 3 may be regulated by different mechanisms : ( i ) transcription of N-Oct 3 may be regulated in a temporal and tissue specific manner , ( ii ) the RNA half life might be controlled by sequences in the 3' untranslated region as suggested by our findings ( iii ) a bias in translation in favour of N-Oct 5 proteins may serve to neutralize the effects of the N-Oct 3 protein . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , property folk may be tempted by eastern promise if markets in western Germany start to cool . |
| 28 | As with a privatisation , small investors may be tempted by short term profits and , like Eurotunnel , the issue is a hostage to many variables . |
| 29 | Some may be tempted by old dogmas , but most are identifying deeper hungers within themselves . |
| 30 | As we get older , we may be abused by other authority figures — teachers , doctors , bosses . |