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

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1 Something of the same territorial influence can be detected in other counties too ; in the East Midlands , the spheres of the Dukes of Rutland and Devonshire were rarely challenged .
2 Other defects such as rot can be detected by probing with a screwdriver .
3 No expression of the visceral isoform can be detected in fetal tissue of this age .
4 All rocks , however , and especially basaltic rocks which contain a lot of iron minerals , are weakly magnetized , and this magnetism can be detected by sensitive instruments .
5 On the other hand , virtually no motion can be detected in atactic poly ( methyl methacrylate ) at 300 K , but at 450 K , the chains are in rapid motion .
6 Data presented here indicate that ( a ) resting gall bladder pressure and contractions induced by both CCK-8 and bethanechol are enhanced by inhibition of the NO synthase ( shown by our in vivo and in vitro experiments ) ; ( b ) these effects are specifically reversed by the NO synthase substrate L-arginine ; ( c ) sodium nitroprusside , an exogenous donor of NO , counteracts the effect of CCK-8 on gall bladder pressure ; and ( d ) a constitutive calcium dependent NO synthase can be detected in normal gall bladder tissue .
7 Similarly , no significant prothrombin-converting activity can be detected with intact endothelial cells or leucocytes , but is observed in cell homogenates , and in lipid extracts .
8 As with the passport photograph that is used to verify the identity of the subject and which functions like the signature in official documents , this function of the face can be detected in traditional portraiture where the face on the canvas is there to represent the true likeness of the model .
9 Lesser degrees of hyposplenism can be detected by other techniques including the clearance of isotopically labelled heated erythrocytes or differential interference contrast microscopy .
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