Example sentences of "[noun sg] can be divided [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crust can be divided into two types , oceanic and continental . |
| 2 | An online education programme can be divided into two main parts . |
| 3 | As in a laminar flow ( Section 11.7 ) , the viscous term can be divided into two parts : one is essentially negative and thus represents viscous dissipation ; the other ( usually small ) integrates to zero and so is another energy transfer process . |
| 4 | Further , the very notion that scholarship can be divided into two completely distinct areas , known as ‘ arts ’ and ‘ science ’ , in itself implies a value judgement . |
| 5 | The uses of the computer in humanities research can be divided into three main kinds , depending on the nature of the objects studied . |
| 6 | Audience research can be divided into three different areas . |
| 7 | Status at work can be divided into two aspects , as already briefly explained in Chapter One : |
| 8 | The Council 's work can be divided into four areas : religious , social , ‘ nonconformist ’ and political . |
| 9 | In line with the principles of defining the relevant abilities in terms of reliable test measures , intelligence can be divided into verbal ability , arithmetical ability , reasoning ability and spatial ability . |
| 10 | All the known particles in the universe can be divided into two groups : particles of spin 1/2 , which make up the matter in the universe , and particles of spin 0 , 1 , and 2 , which , we shall see , give rise to forces between the matter particles . |
| 11 | The academic disciplines within the Faculty can be divided into three general areas , i.e. Physical Sciences and Mathematics , containing the Departments of Astronomy , Chemistry , Geology & Geophysics , Mathematics and Statistics , Meteorology , and Physics ; Engineering and Information Technology , for the Departments of Artificial Intelligence , Chemical Engineering , Civil Engineering , Cognitive Science , Computer Science , Electrical Engineering , and Mechanical Engineering ; and Biological Sciences , which includes the Institutes of Ecology and Resource Management , of Cell Animal and Population Biology , and of Cell and Molecular Biology . |
| 12 | If forecasts of future population at 10-year intervals are needed , then the population can be divided into nine age-groups each representing a 10-year age-group or cohort ( 0–9 years , 10–19 years , and so on , to 80 plus ) . |
| 13 | First , the whole rationale behind the concept of the limited partnership is that membership can be divided between limited and ‘ general ’ partners . |
| 14 | In order to simplify the task of explaining how that understanding can be achieved , it will be expedient to consider that the long aeon in which the development of the Created God has taken place can be divided into three periods . |
| 15 | You can also imagine a horizontal line bisecting the design , so that in effect the picture can be divided into four quarters , all exactly the same . |
| 16 | The operations needed to carry out this procedure can be divided into two parts . |
| 17 | Views of human behaviour can be divided into those which emphasize external factors and those which stress internal factors . |
| 18 | The various studies attempting to measure the link between education and economic development can be divided into two groups : the statistical correlation studies and the production function studies . |
| 19 | An economy can be divided into various sectors and the net worth of each one — physical plus financial assets minus financial liabilities — can be ascertained . |
| 20 | The argument can be divided into two stages . |
| 21 | The deterrence mechanism can be divided into two categories , individual deterrence and general deterrence . |
| 22 | In our temperate climate , land use can be divided into four main categories : arable areas , where crops such as cereals and legumes can be grown , generally well drained and fertile with relatively easily worked soils ; at most times in the past rotation was employed , alternating one crop with another , and crops with pasture where cattle , sheep , goats , horses and so on grazed ; meadowland where hay was grown for winter fodder ; and woodland to provide the wood and timber . |
| 23 | The full-step length of a stepping motor can be divided into smaller increments of rotor motion — known as " mini-steps " — by partially exciting several phase windings . |
| 24 | The main strategies for implementing PNP policy can be divided into two groups , LEA-based and school-based : |
| 25 | Moreover , he highlights the necessity of clarifying the meaning of continuity and of economic policy , pointing out that economic policy can be divided into three principal areas . |
| 26 | This strategy can be divided into two approaches , the forceful and the logical . |
| 27 | His life can be divided into 3 periods — his childhood , and work in Manchester as a surveyor 1760–95 ; his stay in London , from 1796–99/1800 , and the final period in Ambleside , from 1800–1823 . |
| 28 | The treaty can be divided into four main parts . |
| 29 | Weathering can be divided into those processes involving chemical reactions and the formation of new minerals ( chemical weathering ) and those that involve only physical changes ( physical weathering ) . |
| 30 | SYNAPTIC potentiation can be divided into two principal categories on the basis of whether or not its induction is blocked by antagonists of the NMDA subtype of glutamate receptor . |