Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [adj] two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there is no evidence , at present , of drinking water being contaminated in Britain , many reservoirs and lakes have had algal blooms on their surface waters for the last two summers . |
| 2 | Interview he sez ICI has for the last two decades looked at ways of helping the environment . |
| 3 | I 've yet to soc totally confirm the number of weeks Mrs wants during the first two sessions that 's up to week fourteen when she wants exactly to do the aids . |
| 4 | Sale starts during the first two weeks in January . |
| 5 | Those musical orbits described by the fertile planets of Loose Tubes and the Jazz Warriors dominated the polls , with Andy Sheppard continuing to make his individual mark as he has in the past two years . |
| 6 | We are introduced to Pemberton at the point where he is screwing up courage to say something about money , and all that happens in the subsequent two paragraphs is that the boy returns and his effort is frustrated . |
| 7 | Major deals over the past two years have included leasing for the new ethylene cracker ( a type of refinery ) for BP at Grangemouth , at that time thought to be the largest leasing deal in Britain , a £180m long-term facility to North West Water to finance major infrastructure projects , and a £75m deal with Fujitsu Microelectronics to fund investment in semiconductor equipment at its factory at Newton Aycliffe , County Durham . |
| 8 | He added that no household-name company had escaped making job cuts over the last two years . |
| 9 | The mean age of the patients was 48 years ( SD 13 years ) and the mean age at which the first duodenal ulcer had been diagnosed was 36 ( SD 13 ) years with a mean disease duration of 12 ( SD 10 ) years and 3 ( SD 2 ) ulcer relapses during the previous two years . |
| 10 | His confidence stems from the last two victories . |
| 11 | It plans new satellite launches in the next two years which will provide full global coverage . |
| 12 | ‘ Boom Boom ’ , the LP , differs from the last two parts of the John Lee comeback ( ‘ The Healer ’ and ‘ Mr Lucky ’ ) in that there is n't such a staggering amount of extras and celebrities blamming away in the background . |
| 13 | In our next example , which consists of the last two bars of the Prelude in B ♭ minor from Book I of the ‘ 48 ’ a different layout will be seen . |
| 14 | Once it agrees to the other two bits of the resolution , the sanctions committee ( which has overseen the embargo since August ) would lift the export ban . |
| 15 | On these indicators London falls between the other two cities . |
| 16 | The cut is the figure under or over par that determines who qualifies for the final two rounds of a tournament . |
| 17 | A good three-quarters of Mr Singleton 's production falls into the top two grades but he believes he can improve on that . |
| 18 | An autocrat falls in the first two books ; but the only one in the third is the author-autocrat of the hotel room who sallies into the bush , as if on impulse , to visit the mysterious , moveable ‘ front ’ . |
| 19 | Being a study in economics , the book focuses on the latter two questions . |
| 20 | This slips on the same two needles for 16 rows , producing a deep , sculptured fabric . |
| 21 | A catalogue of disorderly incidents have occurred at baseball matches in the last two decades . |
| 22 | However , those few anonymous reports ( 15.5 per cent ) that did get substantiated seemed to represent equally as serious incidents of physical abuse as reports from the other two sources . |