Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] be [verb] for two " in BNC.
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| 1 | Planning permission has been granted for two ground-floor shops and 16 flats in three adjoining buildings in Church Street , Hartlepool . |
| 2 | Robin Chambers , the principal of Stoke-Newington school in South London , where the programme has been used for two months , says : ‘ We are ironing out a few difficulties , for instance getting the individual answer sheet completed in the correct way and working out who has the time to do it . |
| 3 | Although the casualty department has been closed for two years Mr Dale said it was imperative that it is opened because of its close proximity to London 's third airport . |
| 4 | Consecutive sentences of three months had been passed for two offences of driving while disqualified , with a further six months consecutive for an excess alcohol offence . |
| 5 | A careful search had been made for two orphaned children whom the Sheikha could foster and love as her own . |
| 6 | The lowest level of the main stair with its related rear hall , a large L-plan bedroom with en suite bathroom and a utility room , while the top storey has been reserved for two more bedrooms and a further bathroom . |
| 7 | A twenty five year old father from Worcester has been jailed for two years after his baby daughter suffered horrific injuries while in his care . |
| 8 | The opening night of the Folies had been postponed for two days . |
| 9 | A meeting has been arranged for two representatives from each institute owning their own halls at the W I centre in Chelmsford on Monday the twenty first October from ten until twelve noon noon . |
| 10 | The group had been meeting for two years , and it was mainly a consciousness-raising group , although , with only about twenty groups in London as a whole , some of them , the ‘ housewives ’ , the women who worked part-time were also able to help run the voluntary rota in the central London office , the Women 's Liberation Workshop . |
| 11 | In addition , one very broadly-based general SVQ is being introduced at level I. We are also introducing two preliminary awards at a more basic level than level I. All these awards have been accredited for two years in the first instance . |
| 12 | Circuses have been going for two hundred years . |
| 13 | Janet Aughton has been battling for two years to get her two sons , Steven who 's 7 , and six year old Jason … moved from the council school they attend in Gloucester.She says the two children are gradually going blind because of a hereditary defect that 's already made her lose her sight . |
| 14 | Two huntsmen have been jailed for two months for knocking down a hunt saboteur with a four wheeled buggy . |
| 15 | The new aspect which foreign policy had been acquiring for two or three decades had suddenly grown to startling dimensions . |
| 16 | The Lockerbie enquiry 's been suspended for two days after a solicitor representing families of American victims , died in a car crash . |
| 17 | A YOUNG Belfast man has been jailed for two years for the manslaughter of a Galway barman while on holiday in Salthill last summer . |
| 18 | The former treasurer of a polytechnic student union has been jailed for two and a half years for stealing forty thousand pounds . |
| 19 | Thus the Cleveland Dance Orchestra has been booked for two evenings with the Dolphineers . |
| 20 | Twenty-two year old Gerald Bagshall from Barton Village Road in Oxford has been jailed for two years for possession and supply of drugs . |
| 21 | Mark Turnball , one of the business partners behind Lemmings , said the firm had been running for two years , organising events in many parts of the country . |
| 22 | When she emerged , the wall-lights had been dimmed and the polished table by the french windows had been set for two . |
| 23 | The new modules have been developed for two groups of students : those returning to S5 for a limited period of time , and those who intend to complete a full year 's programme of study in S5 or S6 . |
| 24 | Evidence for the effect of tax relief on private health insurance premiums for the over 60s is fairly secure since the scheme has been operating for two years . |
| 25 | sometimes artists have been working for two or three years , releasing records unsuccessfully , although the public 's perception is that their first hit must be their first record . |
| 26 | Remaining with the EC , calls for proposals have been issued for two major research and development programmes — the Environment Programme and RACE II ( Communications Technologies ) . |
| 27 | A KIRKBY man caught with £300 worth of heroin has been jailed for two years . |
| 28 | The second stage of development will be considered after the first stage has been operating for two to three years . |