Example sentences of "[n mass] [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laterally the clypeus may be delimited from the sides of the head by the clypeogenal sulci . |
| 2 | In a similar way , F(t) may be described as the inverse Fourier transform of G ( ο).; |
| 3 | If Target pays Newco only the economic value of the group relief , £33 , then the remaining interest of £67 must be funded by payments of dividends from Target to Newco . |
| 4 | Coolwater species such as North American fish need 20°C , 68°F and coldwater species such as Fancy Goldfish should be kept at 18°C , 65°F . |
| 5 | Parliament and King agreed that a militia must be raised to put down the rebellion , but neither would trust its control to the other . |
| 6 | Although they are strongly independent , from time to time the sheep must be rounded up or moved , and today English China Clays employs a part-time shepherd . |
| 7 | Keeping such a cold temperature will require many food companies to buy better refrigeration equipment so , until April 1993 , a temperature of no warmer than 8°C must be maintained for those foods . |
| 8 | When an acute outbreak has occurred the sheep should be treated with one of the benzimidazoles , levamisole or ivermectin and immediately moved to pasture not recently grazed by sheep . |
| 9 | Chiefs of Staff of the armed forces of CIS member republics agreed on Aug. 18 that contacts between their defence ministries and the CIS joint armed forces headquarters should be strengthened . |
| 10 | It must also be borne in mind that when breeding takes place in an ‘ unsuitable ’ pH than the sex ratio of the fry may be affected — in A.cacatuoides it appears that the more alkaline the water the more males are produced , though I do not know if this is true for other species . |
| 11 | Small fry may be sucked into the filter and find the current produced too powerful . |
| 12 | Other species of vole may be taken in smaller numbers even where the trapping data suggest that the other species are in fact more common ( Append . |
| 13 | 120 British aircraft may be used against Iraq |
| 14 | When petrological thin-sectioning ( see glossary ) is carried out , many separate items of data may be collected from each artefact studied , making it difficult to see those groupings of artefacts that have features in common . |
| 15 | However , the diversity of the range of information and its potentially extensive scope do require consideration of the methods by which the data may be collected and thereby offers an opportunity for the development of more creative ways of defining and discussing with older people these various areas of their lives . |
| 16 | One of the criticisms of this approach is that data may be collected which is never used subsequently . |
| 17 | It will also consider the importance of data documentation and will discuss ways in which the value of data may be increased through , for example , integration of datasets and the compilation of teaching packages . |
| 18 | IN THIS chapter we describe various formats in which data may be stored and manipulated within the computer . |
| 19 | Information stored may be accessed more rapidly than on floppy disks and far greater amounts of data may be stored , typically 20M as opposed to 1.2M for a floppy disk . |
| 20 | These data may be stored on manual or computer systems . |
| 21 | This assumes that patterns and trends which can be identified in past ( historical ) sets of data may be projected forward , especially under stable economic , market and organisational conditions , for the purpose of forecasting perhaps up to one year ahead . |
| 22 | Instead , additional user procedures may be introduced , existing user procedures may be amended , or data may be altered . |
| 23 | Data may be obtained purely by observation but usually involve asking questions . |
| 24 | It is not biased towards the way that the data may be accessed from storage media . |
| 25 | Parenthetically , the form in which the data may be held can affect dramatically the scale of the problem faced . |
| 26 | The drawback associated with this approach is that data may be held indefinitely with no use being made of it . |
| 27 | In the former of these circumstances the old county histories may be searched to considerable effect , for not only may they describe the church as it then was , but give further clues as to where data may be found . |
| 28 | The problem is compounded when the range and number of data types is substantial , if only because the data may be acquired from a very wide variety of sources . |
| 29 | Both kinds of data may be organised in two ways : a ) On a computer |
| 30 | Other database features which I consider important are : i ) a proper data function ( in order to calculate age and length of service ) ; ii ) good sort facilities ( so that staffing information can be presented in a variety of different sequences ) ; ( iii ) good selection facilities ( so that staff may be selected according to complicated " if … or … and … " criteria ) ; iv ) a " look up table " facility ( so that coded data may be entered to save data entry time but full descriptions/interpretations will appear on reports ) The provision of a really sophisticated system , comparable to the best mainframe personnel record/manpower information systems , is quite demanding . |