Example sentences of "[noun sg] can be distinguished [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 O. levis can be distinguished from other Ophiacantha species by the shape of the disk spinelets , large curved adoral shields , small pentagonal oral shield , wide ventral arm plates , and the shape of the ventral arm spines .
2 O. cordifera can be distinguished from other species by the contiguous radial shields , the pentagonal shape of the oral shield often with an acute proximal edge and the small pointed tentacle scale .
3 Introduced in W Europe ; closely resembles dark ‘ melanistic mutant ’ form of Pheasant , but cock can be distinguished by dark green instead of blackish-brown and coppery-red underparts , pale instead of dark rump , and blue wing-coverts .
4 This kind of realistic desire can be distinguished from unrealistic fantasy according to whether or not there is a possible social action which could fulfil the desire .
5 O. bidentata can be distinguished from other Ophiacantha species by the form of the spinelets which are either rugose granules or trifid spinelets , the larger specimens usually having more abraded spinelets ; the arrangement of the oral papillae ; the shape of the oral shields which are basically rhombic although variable in shape ; and the texture of the arm spines which are finely rugose .
6 A. ingolfiana can be distinguished from other amphiurid genera and certain ophiurinids , to which it bears a superficial resemblance because of the superficial second oral tentacle pore , by the scaling of the disk , the arrangement of the oral plates , the lack of tentacle scales and the erect arm spines .
7 As such , schizophrenia can be distinguished from progressive degeneration disorders of the brain like senile dementia , the delirium or dementia which may sometimes follow severe head injury or drug abuse , and the effects of neurological conditions like Huntington 's chorea or brain tumours .
8 However , immediately before mechanical failure , and before any weakness can be distinguished by mechanical methods , wood becomes both birefringent and easily stained by characteristic dyes .
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