Example sentences of "may be [verb] into [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The spinelets are crowded with 9 or more points which may be subdivided into secondary points giving the crown a very irregular appearance .
2 Each of these regions may be differentiated into separate sclerites .
3 New ideas may be assimilated into given modes of thinking or given modes of thinking may be altered to accommodate new ideas .
4 Adults are familiar with day-to-day questions of morality or immorality and the extent to which good citizens may be turned into bad citizens or bad citizens into worse .
5 State enterprises may be converted into limited-liability companies or joint-stock companies , but financial institutions or saving co-operatives may only be converted into joint-stock companies .
6 First , the class , religious and ethnic backgrounds of judges are likely to have an impact on their general attitudes , which in turn may be translated into particular views on certain legal issues .
7 Cheese is always classified into the above four main categories , but individual cheeses may be put into different groups according to the author 's opinion .
8 Others may be drawn into local affairs by organisations such as parties or groups ( ‘ Mobilization ’ ) .
9 For example , if identification of an individual is made via an address , then it is critical that this data element is detailed enough to reflect the fact that the location may be divided into separate units
10 The costs of children may be divided into direct costs — the outlay on the baby and mother around the time of birth , and indirect costs — the amounts foregone by mothers who take time out of paid employment , and who may return to work part-time and at lower rates of pay .
11 The formal definition of these classes in the SGML syntax used to express the TEI scheme makes it possible for users of the scheme to extend it in a simple and controlled way : new elements may be added into existing classes , and existing elements renamed or undefined , without any need for extensive revision of the TEI document type definitions — though this is perhaps a benefit which only those who have ever tried to modify an existing dtd by hand will truly appreciate .
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