Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] into [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may be subdivided into three elements . |
| 2 | The spinelets are crowded with 9 or more points which may be subdivided into secondary points giving the crown a very irregular appearance . |
| 3 | Each of these regions may be differentiated into separate sclerites . |
| 4 | New ideas may be assimilated into given modes of thinking or given modes of thinking may be altered to accommodate new ideas . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This process of adaptation and acceptance may be broken into several phases which can proceed at varying speeds and may be complete only after several generations have passed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Dicey 's statement of the doctrine ( ante p. 46 ) may be converted into three propositions which will be examined in more detail . |
| 9 | Flints containing sponges may be incorporated into younger sediments ( they are then known as derived fossils ) , and it is not unusual for such flints to be dug up in suburban gardens around London — a long journey from the Cretaceous seas . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Others may be drawn into local affairs by organisations such as parties or groups ( ‘ Mobilization ’ ) . |
| 13 | The implication of these types of ratio is that the population may be divided into two groups ; assets , i.e. those who are gainfully employed or assumed to be so , and liabilities , those who are not contributing to society . |
| 14 | The auxiliaries may be divided into two groups according to whether they can be used anywhere in the scheme ( common auxiliaries ) or are only appropriate to specific parts of it ( special auxiliaries ) . |
| 15 | The characters used may be divided into two groups : ( i ) those depending upon visual examination , ( ii ) measurable dimensions . |
| 16 | Now the development of the peasant movement in Hunan may be divided into two periods . |
| 17 | This may be divided into two sections : first , the problem of the nature of the subject , and secondly , the problem of the nature of the object in relation to that subject . |
| 18 | Small rucksacks will have one main compartment , whereas larger ones may be divided into two compartments . |
| 19 | Chemical substances may be divided into two types : pure substances and mixtures ( see figure 4.3 ) . |
| 20 | They may be divided into two classes : the good Light Elves and the more powerful Dark Elves . |
| 21 | The attractions of natural language indexing may be divided into two categories : |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | The aid package may be divided into four sections , viz compensatory allowances , investment aids , other EEC measures and national aids . |
| 24 | In practice stock revision may be divided into four stages : |
| 25 | This may be divided into four phases : |
| 26 | The functions to be performed may be divided into four categories : |
| 27 | Woodruffe ( 1976 ) suggests that new developments may be divided into four categories : |
| 28 | This class may be divided into 6–9 months and 9–12 months . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The problems may be divided into three groups . |