Example sentences of "two very [adj] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are the eyes of the monster , red and evil and calculating , and they are watching us , those eyes , and thinking : oh yes , here are two very useful morsels of Humanity … |
| 2 | ‘ The Superspec houses are a response to two very strong areas of demand in the homes market , ’ says Wimpey Homes Middlesbrough 's regional director , Euan Cresswell . |
| 3 | There are two very strong pieces of evidence confirming that the examples of inherently restrictive predicative adjectives accompanied by articles must indeed be regarded as entity-identifying expressions : First , they can quite generally appear where entity expressions appear , including positions which are not even superficially available to an ordinary adjective : ( 24 ) the rudest came from your cousin she gave motherly advice to a second , and a stern warning to a third the oldest of the aircraft should be scrapped ( 25 ) the honest deserves the appointment Bert offered a peanut to the untidy the elegant of the vases lay on its side |
| 4 | These two very distinct areas of work proved compatible largely because the basic skills of writing are the same for most people and for most purposes . |
| 5 | The distinction here is between two very distinct schools of harpsichord-making ; a tradition carried on by native craftsmen who flourished during the first 25 years of the 18th century and an imported tradition initiated by Hermann Tabel that displaced its native rival as effectively as a cuckoo might take charge in a sparrow 's nest . |
| 6 | And even here in his recourse to Jakobson 's use of the two terms , Barthes is referring to two very broad principles of combination in language and not ( as Todorov does ) to specific grammatical categories . |
| 7 | ‘ In the second coat pocket we found two very large pieces of wood , and inside them were great pieces of metal , very sharp . |
| 8 | When Mrs Gray had produced two very passable cups of coffee , they seated themselves at the long deal kitchen table . |
| 9 | ‘ Obviously such a situation poses a serious problem in that we have two very senior members of management operating in the service without any constraints of consultation and negotiation at either local or national trade union level . |
| 10 | In my time , I have known two outstanding directors of education , Donald Naismith and Paul Benians ; and two very fine chairmen of education , Councillor Derek Loughborough and Councillor Andrew Pelling . |
| 11 | Until today , that was , when suddenly two very different pieces of information had come to hand . |
| 12 | Thus we find that two very different types of system are being described under the heading ‘ Internal Market ’ . |
| 13 | But the good work that is done in those two areas does not integrate the two very different types of science : the claim that geography is an integrating discipline is both unsustainable and diversionary . |
| 14 | Two very different types of plant are the giant redwood trees which can be up to or exceeding 100 metres in height and one celled algae in water . |
| 15 | In her new show ( to be premièred at the Arnolfini in Bristol on 25 October and reaching the Riverside Studios in London on 30 October ) , Lea Anderson will be moving towards a clearer narrative — looking at a single event from two very different points of view , the first to a delicate musical collage , the second to a brash brass quartet . |
| 16 | The Wallace Line also appears to mark the division between two very different kinds of mind — the " continental " and the " oceanic " . |
| 17 | The conflict between yuppie designer pop-soul and hardcore is between two very different kinds of politics : the politics of self-realization versus the politics of dissipation , of debility . |