Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [vb mod] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The two Canadians may have the sentenced reduced to life imprisonment on appeal .
2 Two objects may reflect the same wavelengths into our eyes yet be seen as having different colours .
3 The two Russians would replace the two cosmonauts currently on board , and would stay in space until January 1993 .
4 Two methods may have the same selection of structure , vocabulary and meaning , yet differ in the order in which they teach it .
5 It will simply be a case of which of the two areas can muster the greatest amount of support in order to secure the development for their own area !
6 As a consequence , although the amount of , say , blue light reflected by the red area may have gone up , so will the amount of blue light reflected by the green area As a consequence , the ratio of blue light in the two areas will remain the same , as will the ratio of green light in the two areas and the ratio of red light .
7 The citing of these two varieties will illustrate the basic characteristics of the cheeses of this type — uncut curds treated very gently and never pressed , the whey being allowed to drain naturally .
8 Two planes can store the binary numbers 00 , 01 , 10 and 11 ( decimal 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 ) and so could represent black ( 0 ) and white ( 3 ) with two intermediate shades of grey .
9 The two figures could represent the Herculean task faced by William and Mary as they were offered the English throne in 1688 .
10 A pink milk pudding or blancmange is simple in the sense that , if we slice it in two , the two portions will have the same internal constitution : a blancmange is homogeneous .
11 There will be a limiting distance within which the more massive of the two bodies will disrupt the other , and a smaller limiting distance within which , had it survived , the less massive body would have disrupted the more massive body .
12 For surely it is compatible with VP , as expressed , that two sentences should have the same observational consequences but differ in meaning .
13 Two couples must win the all expenses paid trip to Australia with me , when the Breakfast Call comes live from Sydney , at the end of January .
14 Thus two students could attain the same marks , but the way in which the marks were interpreted depended on the perception held for each student .
15 ‘ Provision is , however , made for the possibility that at any time the two airports may have the same owner .
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