Example sentences of "may be [verb] [prep] two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten Have & heynen suggested that differential Mn uptake during crystal growth may be caused by two processes : |
| 2 | Its sexual effect may be summarised along two lines . |
| 3 | This danger may be met in two ways . |
| 4 | Each entry may be stored in two versions , the original as taken from the database and stored unconditionally by Oedipus , and the most recent copy , saved at the discretion of the lexicographer ( by employing the protect command ) . |
| 5 | The provision of this " safe pasture " may be achieved in two ways : |
| 6 | The chemical medium should be contained in a nylon mesh bag specially made for the purpose , but if this is not available , then it may be placed between two pieces of filter floss . |
| 7 | Government grants to local authorities may be justified for two reasons . |
| 8 | The time for service may be extended by two months at a time , before the two months expire , or even afterwards in the court 's discretion ( Ord 43 , r 6(3) applying and modifying Ord 7 , r 20 ) . |
| 9 | CASE 2 : when a number has been entered in the Print Sequence Number Start box the form may be completed in two ways when a number of subsequent entries are also to be proofed : |
| 10 | This may be done by two methods . |
| 11 | There are times when we need to appreciate that a requirement may be filled by two things in which one partner has one set of talents and the other partner another set . |
| 12 | These criticisms may be evaluated in two ways . |
| 13 | Both kinds of data may be organised in two ways : a ) On a computer |
| 14 | Update Baseline may be used in two modes : either as a means of checking which packages will be affected , in which case a single log file will be produced but the LIFESPAN database will be left unaltered ; or to implement any changes which are identified , in which case two log files will be produced , detailing the processing carried out and the approver 's involvement . |
| 15 | The facility may be used in two modes : either to only produce a report of the comparison results , or to go further , and enter the updates into LIFESPAN , provided the normal LIFESPAN entry conditions are satisfied . |
| 16 | The implication of these types of ratio is that the population may be divided into two groups ; assets , i.e. those who are gainfully employed or assumed to be so , and liabilities , those who are not contributing to society . |
| 17 | The auxiliaries may be divided into two groups according to whether they can be used anywhere in the scheme ( common auxiliaries ) or are only appropriate to specific parts of it ( special auxiliaries ) . |
| 18 | The characters used may be divided into two groups : ( i ) those depending upon visual examination , ( ii ) measurable dimensions . |
| 19 | Now the development of the peasant movement in Hunan may be divided into two periods . |
| 20 | This may be divided into two sections : first , the problem of the nature of the subject , and secondly , the problem of the nature of the object in relation to that subject . |
| 21 | Small rucksacks will have one main compartment , whereas larger ones may be divided into two compartments . |
| 22 | Chemical substances may be divided into two types : pure substances and mixtures ( see figure 4.3 ) . |
| 23 | They may be divided into two classes : the good Light Elves and the more powerful Dark Elves . |
| 24 | The attractions of natural language indexing may be divided into two categories : |
| 25 | Again , this may be found in two forms . |
| 26 | This may be measured in two ways . |
| 27 | Domestic hot water may be supplied in two ways , ‘ directly ’ or ‘ indirectly ’ . |
| 28 | Slains may be approached in two ways : comfortably by means of a long quiet climbing lane from the trees on the edge of Cruden , or more adventurously , once alighted from the bus on the upper road , between stone walls , along that wide lane of sticky brown clay , perilously full of holes . |
| 29 | Arguments addressing this objection may be pitched at two levels , stressing either the symbolic value of linguistic choices ( sexist language is insulting to women ) or — more controversially — their cognitive implications ( sexist language is inaccurate and misleading ) . |