Example sentences of "[prep] two [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were many reasons why after two decades of activity the American industry should begin to centre on Hollywood but surely Lary May is right to see the move ultimately in terms of the movies seeking to escape from the constant demands of Progressive America . |
| 2 | If the notice is ignored , after two hours of non-compliance the public health department of the local authority may commence a prosecution for breach of the Act . |
| 3 | After two hours of debate the synod voted overwhelmingly to receive the report and moved on to detailed discussion of the legislation . |
| 4 | As the trial was a comparison of two systems of care the prompted care group subjects could be referred through the system to hospital outpatients , while the hospital clinic group patients could consult their general practitioner for diabetes related reasons . |
| 5 | Anything from a half to a third of colliers ' earnings was accounted for by an allowance of two draughts of coal a week , and when other Staffordshire coal owners tried to follow the Earl 's example , they found their miners demanding threepence a day in compensation . |
| 6 | The dentist explained : ‘ It includes a minimum of two check-ups and a minimum of two courses of treatment a year . |
| 7 | I shelter his top in winter ; he gains from half a yard to two feet in height every summer and will , ere long , I doubt not , repay my care with his beauty and fragrance . |
| 8 | Now on two cans of food a day plus biscuits and marrowbones , her coat became shiny and she seemed to have grown taller . |
| 9 | There is a point in this suggestion , but we can not see it unless we are careful to distinguish between two kinds of consistency a lawmaker might seek : consistency in strategy and consistency in principle . |
| 10 | That and his nose , seasoned to a delicate pinky-purple by two litres of wine a day for sixty years , testified to a lifetime of labour in the vineyards . |