Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] into [adj] [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 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The factors affecting erosion on the coast may be divided into two broad groups . |
| 8 | Taking a very broad view , topics of discourse may be divided into two basic categories : meanings and non-meanings . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This Act may be divided into four main sections : |
| 11 | Work in the field of homoeopathic research may be divided into three broad categories : |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | Joints may be enlarged into deep narrow inlets such as the geos developed in the Old Red Sandstone of Caithness . |
| 14 | 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) . |
| 15 | The chunk of text may be inserted into several different places in the hyperdocument . |