Example sentences of "[noun pl] contain two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1806 he had purchased ‘ some marble quarries containing two beds of rocks , the one resembling , in colour and effect , the Oriental porphyry , and the other the verd antique ’ . |
| 2 | France , a striking case of this , had from 1880 onwards a compulsory examination for all entrants to its diplomatic and consular services which was hedged around with precautions against favouritism or unfairness ( all scripts were anonymous and double-marked ; the five-man jury which ranked the candidates contained two members from outside the foreign ministry ) . |
| 3 | Yellow Wolf told how he found one tipi containing two women shot dead , one still clasping her newborn baby with its head smashed as by a gun breech or boot heel . |
| 4 | Town planning Liverpool University archives contain two bodies of documents of interest to researchers in local history : the first is Lord Holford 's papers on town planning , and the second is Sir Charles Reilly 's documents on architecture . |
| 5 | Gold investments can supply Australian Koala platinum bullion coins containing two ounces , 10 ounces and one kilogram of platinum . |
| 6 | RESEARCH into a neglected area of carbon monoxide chemistry has yielded a new reaction which converts carbon monoxide to molecules containing two carbon atoms ( C2-compounds ) , and could be of commercial importance . |
| 7 | ‘ The most disturbing part was that one of the bags contained two pairs of glasses belonging to one of the sisters who is recovering from cataract operations and can barely see without them , ’ said a police spokesman . |