Example sentences of "[prep] [art] two [noun pl] [unc] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brigade officers said that but for the two men 's prompt action the woman almost certainly would have died . |
| 2 | Mr Hopkins , who was a baker , saved rations and made Christmas cakes for the two men 's bereaved families in America . |
| 3 | In an interspecies cross like the mule one would always expect marked differences between the two parents ' white cell antigens , and on the analogy with humans , habitual abortions should be rare . |
| 4 | British Telecom says it plans to develop links between the two companies ' local network management systems — Hewlett-Packard 's OpenView and Sun 's SunNet Manager , and its own Concert system — and chose those two companies as its first partners because it believes that between them they control about 60% of the local network management market . |
| 5 | British Telecom says it plans to develop links between the two companies ' local network management systems — Hewlett-Packard 's OpenView and Sun 's SunNet Manager , and its own Concert system — and chose those two companies as its first partners because it believes that between them they control about 60% of the local network management market . |
| 6 | The Washington Post of Feb. 12 reported that Arens made a request for greater US-Israeli co-ordination , including sharing of so-called " friend-or-foe " recognition codes to avoid conflict between the two countries ' military aircraft in the event of Israel entering the conflict . |
| 7 | Talks were also held between the two countries ' Foreign Ministers , who discussed the Cambodian question , and between the Ministers of Economic Relations and Trade . |
| 8 | The North Korean Premier also proposed the installation of a communications link between the two sides ' military commands , the formation of a joint military group to discuss border disputes and the provision for on-site inspections to ensure that the arms agreement was observed . |
| 9 | All payments between Kazakhstan and Russia have to pass through the two countries ' central banks . |
| 10 | In her 15-minute speech she spoke of the two countries ' shared ideals , including democracy , stability and a rejection of the power which " grows from the barrel of a gun " . |
| 11 | He convened a group within the cabinet to wrest control of Japan 's end of the two countries ' Structural Impediments Initiative ( SII ) talks from the civil servants . |
| 12 | In the area of defence , the foremost claimant for government funds in time of war , the picture available of the two belligerents ' military machines , like that of their finances , is not always very clear . |
| 13 | The period of the two painters ' great intimacy and of their unique collaboration was about to begin . |
| 14 | My Lords , I found a very interesting er aspect in the Royal College of Nursing 's review was that resources were not the issue , the Royal College itself came down in favour of the fact that it was management that needed to be tightened up and My Lords it was interesting looking at that survey that it was a telephone survey and in one of the two hospitals er one or two of the hospitals that were rung up , it was quite difficult to find the person who 'd answered the survey . |
| 15 | The apocalyptic character of the two sides ' respective visions of what the other 's victory would mean offered graphic proof of their inability to coexist . |
| 16 | The course of the war between the Madrid stalemate and the beginning of 1938 clearly illustrates some of the two sides ' military strengths and weaknesses . |
| 17 | In a speech delivered on Nov. 16 Zhu indicated that China was fully prepared to link its dispute with the UK over Hong Kong with the two countries ' future economic relations . |
| 18 | The main item on the agenda will be reduction of troop numbers along the two countries ' common border . |
| 19 | On the night of May 22-23 seven Latvian as well as four Lithuanian customs posts were destroyed along the two republics ' common border . |
| 20 | The war , which arose over the two countries ' rival ambitions in Manchuria and Korea , was widely regarded in Russia as the product of intrigue at court and among a handful of entrepreneurs , and aroused little patriotic enthusiasm . |
| 21 | Vice-President Augustus Aikhomu on July 17 ruled out the possibility of war with Cameroon over the two neighbours ' long-running border dispute . |
| 22 | The classic source for data on the two belligerents ' respective financial positions , the IMF 's International Financial Statistics , does not present a complete picture . |
| 23 | Without binoculars Trent could decipher the POLICE signs on the two Land-Rovers ' front doors as the sharp bends in the track forced the drivers broadside to the cabin . |
| 24 | Gorbachev , at the two leaders ' concluding press conference , described the summit as an ‘ event of enormous importance for our bilateral relations ’ and added that one could now speak of a ‘ new phase of cooperation ’ between the two countries . |
| 25 | A clear difference between Smith and Gould on the question of trade union influence emerged at the two men 's rival press conferences on Tuesday . |
| 26 | It is a difference which is shown , first of all , by the two authors ' contrasting portraits of relations between the generations . |