Sentence examples for may be passive from inspiring English sources

Some landscaped open spaces may be passive, informal and intimate while others are active, formal or grand in scale.

For the majority of the order, however, dispersal is poorly understood, and the predominant mechanisms may be passive.

If we fail to act, thousands may starve to death if they are not killed by bullets, and we may be passive observers of ethnic cleansing.

Nutrient and waste transport may be passive (that is, it does not require energy) or active (that is, energy is required) to move molecules across the cell membrane.

The role of structure in drainage development may be passive, in which case the composition of rocks and various rock discontinuities (joints, faults, and bedding) dictate the details of erosion.

Furthermore, this finding was verified with the TCGA data set, suggesting that most demethylation that occurs in progressed tumors may be "passive demethylation" that happens during accelerated cell division.

In some instances, the dogs may not be colonised by Salmonella and may just be passive carriers in which food-borne Salmonella is transiently passing through the intestines.

For the plant, energetic costs are incurred in nectar production [40] [42], whilst floral temperature regulation can be energetically expensive in some cases [10], but may also be passive through reflecting environmental heat [reviewed by 14].

(d) Perceptual learning can occur as a result of exposure to subliminal stimuli without the subject's having to pay attention [16], and this processing may not be passive [17].

However, increasing evidence suggests that knee menisci may not be passive bystanders in the disease process of OA.

She may also be passive with what she says, giving you the opportunity to take control of the conversation.