Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] from this " in BNC.

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1 Later still , it may be dissociated from this role and used for general storage , in which case its previous specific symbolic role is ignored , and it is no longer of consequence whether its ritual status accords with that of its contents ( Miller 1985 : 172–83 ) .
2 There are a number of algorithms by which characters may be extracted from this data , including spatial analysis methods , whereby strokes are coded by a numbering system on a grid , and topological feature methods , whereby attempts are made to identify the constituent shapes within letters .
3 They may be moved from this pit to others during the wriggler stage , or once they are free-swimming , and the parents will go for a further 6–8 weeks before considering another family .
4 It may be distinguished from this kind of guidance from another American source : ‘ Separate any group of offending youths , dealing with them on a one-to-one … basis ’ ( Grotophorst , 1979 , pp.349–50 ) .
5 The market for control may be seen from this perspective , therefore , as having a negative side-effect in so far as it gives shareholders an opportunity to make unfair gains at the employees ' expense .
6 It may be concluded from this that prey size can be used as no more than an approximation to predator type , and size spectra are certainly not predator-specific .
7 A sinusoidal tensile stress of a given frequency can be generated in the vibrator A and if the electrical vectors from the force and displacement are represented by and then by satisfying the condition the tangent of the phase angle δ between the stress and the strain may be calculated from This operation of adjustment followed by subtraction of the electrical vectors is performed directly in the recording circuit .
8 Now that it has been shown in Liverpool that there are powers to confiscate offending equipment — as there always have been in Scotland — may I ask my hon. Friend to draw those powers to the attention of local authorities — and , through the Home Office , the police — so that the public may be protected from this menace ?
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