Example sentences of "may be [prep] different " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consensus theorists allocated a very important role to values ; whatever differences in expected behaviour there may be between different groups within a society they consider that a general consensus on the most significant values — central values — must exist for any society to operate satisfactorily . |
| 2 | They will be different sizes ( length , width , height ) and may be of different colours or patterns . |
| 3 | The brushes , too , may be of different thicknesses or lengths . |
| 4 | Lines may be curved , zig-zag or straight , for example , and blobs may be of different sizes . |
| 5 | The operands may be of different lengths ; if the first operand is shorter , the computer processes it as if it was extended on the left with zeros ; if the second ( destination ) field is shorter , some of the more significant digits of the result are lost . |
| 6 | Soil mark sites are visible because of different coloured marks in the soil , usually just after ploughing For example , if a burial mound with a ditch around it has been flattened by ploughing , the material from which the mound was constructed , the soil filling the ditch , and the soil in the rest of the ploughed field may be of different colours . |
| 7 | It describes a social-psychological process whereby heroin and its associated cultural knowledge ( for instance , how to use it ) are spread by means of communication and exchange between individuals who live in close proximity to one another , but who may be from different social groups . |