Sentence examples for may extend several from inspiring English sources

In some patients, the fundus may extend several centimeters below the costal margin; in others, the gallbladder may be high in the porta hepatis surrounded by liver parenchyma.

The influence of ocean waves may extend several kilometers into an estuary [15] but its effectiveness generally decreases with distance from the opening to the ocean [16].

For recent mutations, such disequilibrium may extend several mb.

First, it has been shown that dendrites in the ARH with and without spines may extend several hundreds of microns or even more than 1 mm in a dorsal or rostral direction from the nuclear borders [ 172, 193].

Rhizines occupy by far the bulk of the thallus in section and may extend to several millimetres, hyphae to several centimetres in the substrate.

Several reports, however, have indicated that this may extend to several forms of cancer (Trichopoulou et al, 2000b, 2003; Bosetti et al, 2003; Lagiou et al, 2006; Mitrou et al, 2007).

Juvenility may be brief or, as in the case of trees, may extend over several years.

Burrows may extend for several metres in length and end in a chamber where individuals seek refuge from drought or cold.

When tu estimates are made over the full depth of the vadose zone, which may extend to several metres, errors resulting from the use of hydraulic parameters generated from hand texture data will be resultantly greater, and may lead to flawed predictions regarding the achievability of water policy targets.

According to the modern definition, a geomagnetic storm is characterized by a main phase during which the horizontal component of the Earth's low-latitude magnetic fields are significantly depressed over a time span of one to a few hours followed by its recovery, which may extend over several days (Rostoker et al. 1997).

In sea turtle literature, the nesting season is commonly defined to end after the last nesting event, however our results suggest that when larger-scale behavior is taken into account, the nesting season may extend for several days after the last nest, perhaps in order to recover from physically taxing reproductive activities before departing on long-distance migrations to foraging grounds [76].