Example sentences of "can be [vb pp] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The retained profit can be unlocked by declaration of a dividend . |
| 2 | But no civilised state can be bound by the whims of the people . |
| 3 | Provided proper procedures are established and followed to ensure their incorporation into the business 's contracts , contracts can be concluded by relatively junior employees whilst the terms can limit or exclude the power of such employees to negotiate or vary the business 's obligations . |
| 4 | There is a growing interest in other ‘ guest ’ molecules that can be absorbed by the ‘ host ’ zeolite . |
| 5 | Minerals : Minerals ( or trace elements ) can be absorbed by fish , either from their food or from the surrounding water . |
| 6 | Prosecutions by local authorities under the Act of 1950 have little deterrent effect , because the increased sales are such that fines at the level presently authorised under the statute can be absorbed by large retailers as a relatively small increase in their costs , though the same is not true of small shops with their much lower sales . |
| 7 | Moreover , mercury in the banned products can be absorbed by the skin and lead to hypertension , stroke and heart failure . |
| 8 | Children 's co-operation can be secured by guiding and helping them towards some desirable action or way of thought . |
| 9 | They can be secured by an adult lap and diagonal seat belt or a child harness . |
| 10 | From nine months to four years a child can use a seat in the back that faces forwards and which can be secured by rear seat belts or their anchorage points . |
| 11 | Our national and cultural distinctiveness , and our opportunity to pursue our own solutions to our own special problems , can be secured by pursuing our own independent courses within the European framework . |
| 12 | All other decisions can be delegated by the full governing body to a sub-committee , an individual governor , or to the headteacher . |
| 13 | The division between health and social needs can be narrowed by joint training . |
| 14 | All that is a bit abstract but it can be earthed by an example . |
| 15 | The general behaviour of a polymer can be typified by results obtained for an amorphous atactic polystyrene sample . |
| 16 | Hard tough polymers can be typified by cellulose acetate and several curves measured at different temperatures are shown in figure 13.7(a) . |
| 17 | The home ought to be a safe haven , the place where people go to get away from fear and violence , and it is this fundamental feeling of safety which can be destroyed by child sexual abuse . |
| 18 | Correct descriptions are important to auctioneers , as can be exemplified by the coding used to list paintings . |
| 19 | And its operation can be exemplified by the kind of nonsensical expressions that Firth complains about . |
| 20 | A general concept can be exemplified by any number of particular instances which need not stand in any causal relation with each other . |
| 21 | The year-on-year variation in the number of accidents can be exemplified by the daily variation in accident totals . |
| 22 | As an example , a 6V Zener can be realised by simply connecting a 2.7V Zener in series with one rated at 3.3V ! |
| 23 | Because such objects gain value as time elapses it means that a profit can be realised by anyone patient enough to conceal them for twenty years . |
| 24 | It 's a ludicrous game of make-believe and let's pretend , and the biggest let's pretend is that Britain is fighting a war of principle , on its own terms , for purposes which the people understand and support , and for aims which can be realised by war . |
| 25 | The Department attempts to provide a positive and co-operative learning environment in which these aims can be realised by the individual pupil . |
| 26 | The items can be gathered by children themselves , for example , shiny things ; things of a particular colour ; things of a particular texture ( rough , smooth , prickly ) ; particular shapes ( rounded , with holes , pointed , with straight sides , spirals , etc. ) ; things we use in the kitchen or bathroom ; things that we use to draw with or cook with . |
| 27 | Information can be gathered by means of a questionnaire which new adherents are either invited to fill in themselves , or which can be completed in an interview by one of the church leaders . |
| 28 | These can be related by Pythagoras ' Theorem for a right angled triangle . |
| 29 | No , the true hard luck tale can be related by jockey Andrew Adams , 27 , who missed the winning ride after smashing his left knee in a fall at Doncaster in February and remains on the sidelines for the rest of the season . |
| 30 | Similarly , the expressions for V in the two regions can be related by the same replacement . |