Example sentences of "have be avoided by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Department of Conservation estimated that 60–80 per cent of the dolphin mortalities of the previous 4 years could have been avoided by such restrictions . |
| 2 | This could have been avoided by stratified randomisation of the patients . |
| 3 | At one point , the prospectus states : ‘ A Water Service Company may at any time require the Director General to determine whether , and if so how , K should be changed where other circumstances which would not have been avoided by prudent management action , have a substantial adverse effect on its water or sewerage business . ’ |
| 4 | The defendant may escape liability if there is an alternative cause for the defect , or the damage could have been avoided by intermediate examination . |
| 5 | Most of these expensive incidents might have been avoided by this drill . |