Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] the first two " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roman micromosaics are displayed in the first two rooms . |
| 2 | According to EPS figures released on May 28 , a total of 12,627 recontras and 9,278 recompas had been demobilized during the first two phases and 22,197 infantry weapons and 215 support weapons had been currently destroyed . |
| 3 | It is to be hoped that as a result of the guidance in the subsequent paragraphs most will be confined to the first two categories . |
| 4 | CHANGES SHOULD NOT NORMALLY BE MADE AFTER THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE TEACHING PERIOD . |
| 5 | In a speech at a national conference on industrial production made on Aug. 2 and released on Oct. 8 , Li Peng warned against " blind " over-rapid growth , and summed up the policies to be continued into the first two years of the forthcoming eighth five-year plan as " rectification and the deepening of reform " , with the emphasis on central control . |
| 6 | Based on Kodak 's experience , one should expect that 40% to 60% of ideas should be lost during the first two stages , with the idea originators having screened themselves out of the process as a consequence of the feedback they received through the review process . |
| 7 | THE WOMEN 'S Tour de France , traditionally held in July at the same time as the men 's race , will be held in the first two weeks of September from next year . |
| 8 | Most confessions at the police holding centres have been signed during the first two days of custody . |
| 9 | Scenes of disorder on a smaller scale were reported in the first two weeks of February in Laghout , Constantine , Tiaret , Medea ( where disturbances lasted six days ) , Bourj Menail , Mascara , various suburbs of Algiers and elsewhere . |
| 10 | ‘ I had no regrets about missing the tour , ’ Cranmer explains , ‘ as both the centres were injured in the first two matches . |
| 11 | In The Managerial Grid 111 ( over a million copies were sold of the first two editions alone ) Blake and Mouton accuse Fleishman of ‘ faulty formulation and lack of demonstrated validity . ’ |
| 12 | Three hundred were sold in the first two days . |
| 13 | Over 500 meals were served in the first two weeks and new activities launched . |
| 14 | Yesterday , after England suffered their fifth successive Test defeat , their worst run since 1986 when they lost 5-0 in the West Indies and were beaten in the first two Tests at home to India , Fletcher said : ‘ Test matches are more important than one-day internationals , although if you lost all your one-dayers then that would become important . |
| 15 | If , for example , the bulk of the academic element is contained in the first two years of a course , then the second two can be devoted to developing teaching strategies . |
| 16 | The introduction to the study is contained in the first two or three paragraphs of the article , which also briefly summarize its results and implications . |
| 17 | Or perhaps one might just narrow it a bit further than that and say well let's see how history is going in the first two years , or the O level history course , or something like that , and we would discuss well given that all these different people are involved in history or have a stake in it in some way , or are interested in it , and given that you 're only going to have a very limited amount of time to do anything in , how can you do something that would be genuinely useful to the school in looking at the history teaching and something that would have the support of the people involved so that it was n't threatening anybody but they felt there was something being genuinely helpful . |
| 18 | For now , attention is focused on the first two reasons why firms invest , rather than rely purely on third-party trade . |
| 19 | For example , for 2 × 2 weaving , the weaving yarn is laid over the first two needles , under the next two needles , over the next two needles and so on . |
| 20 | Mathematics is studied throughout the first two years . |
| 21 | An open meeting of students and staff is held in the first two terms of each year ( usually in week 7 ) , principally for students to express views and opinions to the Dean and staff . |
| 22 | Under its extant rules , support from 55 per cent of those voting was required for a strike to be called , and this was achieved on the first two occasions only : in December 1971 , 59 per cent voted in favour , whereas in February 1974 support was an overwhelming 81 per cent . |
| 23 | Time was lost on the first two days and then the Saturday was washed out altogether , so it was Monday before Lloyd was able to complete his first Test hundred at his adopted home , in what many thought would be his last opportunity . |
| 24 | Most of Khrushchev 's political career was covered in the first two volumes , but some good titbits have been saved till last . |