Example sentences of "may [be] [vb pp] [prep] [num] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overall dependency ratio may be subdivided into two constituent elements ; the elderly dependency ratio , known in the USA as the ‘ gerontic ’ dependency ratio , and the youth dependency , or ‘ neontic ’ , ratio . |
| 2 | In the patient example , the fact that the person occurrence is female is important , so important that the patient entity may be split into two separate entities — male patients and female patients . |
| 3 | The restrictors fitted to the Stage One V8 are easily removed by removing the carbs and pulling the restrictor from the manifold They are in fact aluminium discs with three holes about ⅜″. diameter in each one and are held in by an expanding steel clip Select a suitable diameter tap and tap a thread with a smear of grease on the top to collect swarf , fit a long bolt and lever out with a pry bar Extremely obstinate ones may be split into three large bits with a small chisel and pulled out Clean the debris out with a vacuum cleaner A piece of l/2″ hose taped onto the suction pipe will reach most places in the manifold . |
| 4 | Pensions may be received from two main sources : the state and previous employers . |
| 5 | The widespread regression at the end of Cretaceous times may be related to three major plate phenomena : the Laramide orogeny along the western edge of the American plate , the opening of the northern part of the North Atlantic and the further grinding together of the African and Eurasian plates to produce the early Tertiary Pyrenean folding of Cantabria , the Pyrenees and Provence in south-west Europe . |
| 6 | Equitable leases may be created in four different ways : 1 . |
| 7 | Reference may be made to one other feature of the draft . |
| 8 | The farms themselves may be categorised into three broad types on the basis of their layout : one or a few buildings seemingly in isolation or associated with earlier structures , for instance late prehistoric enclosures or , as at Lower Warbank ( Kent ) , a single sunken building adjacent to a Roman villa ( Philp 1973 , pp. 156–63 ) , which may only be part of larger settlements ; individual farmsteads , a group of buildings associated with a fenced enclosure or paddock , such as Cowdery 's Down ( Millett 1983 ) ; thirdly , larger settlements with either multiples of the previous category or a farmstead apparently with a larger number of ancillary buildings , such as Chalton , Hampshire and West Stow , Suffolk ( West 1985 ) . |
| 9 | In general terms , the present structure of courses in art and design may be sub-divided into five main categories : ( 1 ) foundation courses , ( 2 ) non-degree vocational courses , ( 3 ) degree courses , ( 4 ) courses of teacher education , and ( 5 ) recreational courses . |
| 10 | In one sense welfare pluralism can be used to convey the fact that social and health care may be obtained from four different sectors — the statutory , the voluntary , the commercial and the informal . |
| 11 | Open lips which quickly change to the more elongated shape of the long vowel IE may be seen in two different forms . |
| 12 | However , I 'm sure that it will be only a short time before the imaginative gentleman of this funeral business ( or after-care service , as it apparently now likes to be called ) will overcome these problems that in any case may be outweighed by one great advantage to which he points with pride : namely , that it is above all discreet , in that the girlfriend of the departed may view at any time , giving any name , and the wife and family will be none the wiser ! |
| 13 | The contrast between the accounts of battle within the conventions of adventure-story and Jan Needle 's deliberate departure from these conventions may be shown in two contrasted passages . |
| 14 | Research 2.3 shows that these factors may be put into four broad categories : task factors , ie factors related to the complexity and rigour of task definition ; environmental factors , ie factors related to the physical , psychological and social environment within which personnel are expected to work ; tools factors , ie factors related to the quality of tools available for performing tasks and , finally , personnel factors , ie factors related to skills , knowledge and attitudes of personnel . |
| 15 | This may be had through two main channels , either by applying directly to the SIB or by applying indirectly through Self Regulatory Organization 's ( SRO 's ) . |
| 16 | The way in which different conclusions may be drawn from one hypothetical set of data is now shown below . |
| 17 | The factors affecting erosion on the coast may be divided into two broad groups . |
| 18 | Taking a very broad view , topics of discourse may be divided into two basic categories : meanings and non-meanings . |
| 19 | For example , it could be argued that ‘ photograph ’ may be divided into two independent words , ‘ photo ’ and ‘ graph ’ ; yet we usually do not regard it as a compound , but as an affix word . |
| 20 | This Act may be divided into four main sections : |
| 21 | Work in the field of homoeopathic research may be divided into three broad categories : |
| 22 | Medical teachers in Britain may be divided into three main groups : a tiny minority who are trained in educational theory and methods ( who often are not medically qualified themselves ) , staff holding official ‘ teaching ’ appointments but without formal teacher training , and NHS doctors who teach ( in effect , most NHS doctors ) . |
| 23 | It postulates that the actual rate of inflation which prevails at any moment in time may be decomposed into two constituent parts : ( a ) an expectational component , measured by the variable , ( b ) an excess demand component , measured , as in the Phillips-Lipsey model , by the magnitude of f(U) . |
| 24 | To summarise , the ‘ absolute income ’ hypothesis may be criticised on two major grounds : ( a ) for not providing an adequate explanation of the different sets of income-consumption data ; ( b ) for not taking into account the influence of wealth and the rate of interest on consumption , and so for not being consistent with the microeconomic analysis of consumer behaviour . |
| 25 | Repair Timings : Repair timings may be considered at three distinct levels , the defer/do now decision , scheduled maintenance task sequencing and component life decisions . |