Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb -s] two [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Interlaced displays scan alternate lines , so that it takes two complete passes to display every line on-screen .
2 One local MP says it 's outrageous that it costs two thousand pounds a week to keep the boy at the centre .
3 The regime continues to feel that it has two chief enemies : Iraq locally and the United States , the Great Satan , farther off .
4 The value charge of such a word reflects the mores of the language users , and they may be unaware that it has two distinguishable components to its meaning .
5 The fluorite structure ( see figure 3.27 ) differs from those described above in that its stoichiometry is AB2 and also in that it has two different coordination numbers — and 4 .
6 The Council tax is based on the capital value of each property , on the assumption that it contains two adult members .
7 Space is limited and the only other tank I have is a 21″ cube and I ca n't put him in there because it contains two small G. jurupari , a pair of G. brasiliensis , a pair each of Crenicara filamentosa , Cichlasoma sajica and Butterfly Rams , and an Ancistrus .
8 Significant other : no wonder the phrase has such a popular current usage , combining as it does two all-time favourites of late philosophical jargon — the semiotic sign and the mysterious alien .
9 North Yorkshire 's national reputation for education and industry links is confirmed as it hosts two major conferences .
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