Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is at this stage that a major computer study may be undertaken into the integrity of the proposed design , in terms of function , strength , economics , etc . |
| 2 | ‘ Children may be thrust into a potentially dangerous situation through innocence , chance or youthful mischievousness , ’ said Police Press Officer , Jacqui Hanson . |
| 3 | The surface may be bowed into a curve by tensioning the two cross-spars and , while this contributes a lot to stability , the Rokkaku is still a single line fighting kite . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I may be subdivided into three elements . |
| 6 | For example , a local authority 's education programme may be subdivided into pre-school education , primary education , secondary education and adult education . |
| 7 | The spinelets are crowded with 9 or more points which may be subdivided into secondary points giving the crown a very irregular appearance . |
| 8 | In most LEAs the education committee is composed of various sub-committees : usually one for finance , at least one for schools ( in larger authorities there may well be separate ones for primary , secondary and special schools ) , at least one for further education ( which may be subdivided into youth and community work , adult education and recreation ) , and one each for careers , libraries and museums , and sites and buildings . |
| 9 | They may be subdivided into anteaters that burrow , anteaters that climb trees and anteaters that wander over the ground . |
| 10 | Actions may be subdivided into : ( 1 ) fixed date actions ( see Ord 3 , r 2(1) ) ; ( 2 ) default actions ( Ord 3 , r 2(2) ) ; ( 3 ) rent actions ( Ord 24 , rr 8 – 10 ) ; and ( 4 ) admiralty actions ( Ord 40 ) . |
| 11 | The doctors point out in the British Medical Journal that , though crack dependency is not a direct risk factor for Aids , prostitutes ‘ trying to maintain expensive crack habits may be tempted into unsafe sex practices … which in turn may lead to an increase in the spread of Aids ’ . |
| 12 | There is a temptation that voluntary organisations may be tempted into offering services on the cheap . |
| 13 | In residential environments where boundary enforcement is strong , adolescents may be tempted into boundary-transgressing behaviour which may well generalise later on to drug/alcohol seeking behaviour . |
| 14 | Each of these regions may be differentiated into separate sclerites . |
| 15 | Derbend grade rugs may be separated into Daghestans and Mikrans , although there is little difference in quality between the two , Kazak-grade rugs are rarely , if ever , divided into sub-grades . |
| 16 | Insofar as the labour process may be dissociated , it may be separated into elements some of which are simpler than others and each of which is simpler than the whole . |
| 17 | With appropriate sieves , particles varying between 0·002 and 250 mm may be separated into regular size class intervals . |
| 18 | Under stable dietary conditions , western populations may be separated into predominantly methanogenic or sulphate reducing subjects . |
| 19 | The first idea is refined into a hypothesis by collecting more evidence to see if it really works , and ultimately it may be elevated into the rather grand status of a Theory , if successful predictions can be based upon it . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The Scots ' reputation for industry may be called into question if the results of a P-E International survey are to be believed |
| 23 | Although the matter of Thursday 's meeting is not on the official agenda , the council 's freedom of speech policy may be called into question . |
| 24 | In the parable of the unjust steward , our Lord applauds the cleverness , astuteness and prudence of the unjust steward and in conclusion addresses his listeners , ‘ Use your worldly wealth to win friends for yourselves so that when money is a thing of the past you may be received into an eternal home ’ ( Luke 16:9 ) . |
| 25 | As some companies become more successful , they begin to develop internally those functions once external to their operations — development , sales , catering and other functions may be assimilated into the company , which inevitably requires larger premises . |
| 26 | New ideas may be assimilated into given modes of thinking or given modes of thinking may be altered to accommodate new ideas . |
| 27 | 2 Foreign words may be assimilated into another language : for example , the French word ro∘le into English or the English word weekend into French : The leading ro∘le in the film is played by Richard Burton ; On a passé un très bon weekend ( a\ ) Cannes . |
| 28 | Otherwise , you may be misled into supposing that your dog is either being deliberately disobedient or simply stupid . |
| 29 | She may be moved into a general ward soon . |
| 30 | For instance , the PVC which is used in fruit squash bottles may be turned into drains and sewers . |