Complex sentence: The B-format components can be combined to derive "virtual microphones", which can have any first-order polar pattern (omnidirectional, cardioid, hypercardioid, figure-of-eight or anything in between) and point in any direction.
Split into simpler sentences: The B-format components can be combined to derive "virtual microphones". They can have any first-order polar pattern (omnidirectional, cardioid, hypercardioid, figure-of-eight or anything in between) and point in any direction.