Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two cases had prompted the establishment of an all-party commission to investigate the financing of political parties . |
| 2 | Her two sons had watched the scene from a distance and were soon to report it to the authorities . |
| 3 | Political tension between reformers in the Russian government and centrists represented by the Civic Union opposition movement subsided in mid-November as the two groups appeared to reach a compromise [ see p. 39153 for earlier moves towards such a compromise in October ] . |
| 4 | The two groups have repeated the work of Donehower and his colleagues and produced new strains of p53 knockout mice . |
| 5 | On 2 March 1988 two bailiffs attended to execute the warrant . |
| 6 | Two queries have reached the office this month and proved insoluble . |
| 7 | The Senate ( upper house ) rejected the key elements of the bill when giving it a first reading on March 22 , 1991 , and conciliation between the two houses failed to resolve the issue four days later . |
| 8 | One of his two ploughmen had left the district and Seb found himself performing a lot of the work himself . |
| 9 | I offered the booklet to GHQ , Simla , but after two months had had no reply . |
| 10 | It was with a certain sense of foreboding — as if we had seen an omen — that we descended from this mountain fastness to the domain of the Bugis , where we knew we had just two months left to find a prahu to carry us eastwards before the monsoon set in … |
| 11 | Demonstrating that the 3D turnaround time can be reduced to two months has given the Vietnam team confidence , Nunn says , to use this method again on their second 3D survey in Vietnam over a prospect in Block 5–2 . |
| 12 | The last two centuries have brought a variety of attempts in theology to cope with these questions , and both the alternatives bequeathed by Lessing have been followed . |
| 13 | But it is also because one or two traders have squeezed the Brent forward market , which sets the price . |
| 14 | It is proposed to hold two sessions designed to allow the research community to reflect critically on what has been achieved by the BES in the past and what innovations in research design and theoretical focus should be introduced in the future . |
| 15 | 10 years ago The game show 3–2–1 had a Spinechillers theme , which was hardly surprising when you consider that the guests included Mike Read and Dave Lee Travis , two DJs guaranteed to send a shiver of shock up anyone 's spine . |
| 16 | Before the elections , the two parties had urged a postponement of the polling date , indicating their lack of preparedness and difficulty in organizing a proper campaign . |
| 17 | In February 1943 two parties went to reconnoitre the Sicily beaches , after some frustration in Algiers . |
| 18 | If thirty days elapse from the date on which either party received a proposal — submitted according to the first item [ ( a ) ] — without the two parties agreeing on appointing one arbitrator , the authority nominated by the two parties undertakes to appoint the arbitrator . |
| 19 | Although the overlap in personnel is less than many commentators might suppose , the presence of Ian Paisley is such that , despite his best efforts to keep his roles as Church and Party leader distinct , the simplifications of unionist politics into just two parties has left the Church firmly associated with the DUP . |
| 20 | These two lists have formed the basis of indexing practice , theory and discussion in respect of alphabetical subject catalogues for some years . |
| 21 | In the naval sphere the Royal Navy 's Armilla patrol in the Gulf was reconstituted with two frigates ordered to join the destroyer York on Aug. 3 , and three minesweepers were sent to the eastern Mediterranean on Aug. 14 and redeployed to the Gulf on Aug. 29 , when another destroyer was also sent . |
| 22 | In 1816 the Leith and Hamburg Shipping Company commenced operations and in 1936 the two companies merged to form the Hull and Leith Steam Packet Company . |
| 23 | Novell Inc chief Ray Noorda 's contribution to Bill Gates ephemera is the comment after their two companies had had a disagreement : ‘ To have a heart-to-heart with someone , you 've got to have two hearts … ‘ |
| 24 | The two companies have announced a side deal to Novell 's pending acquisition of Unix System Labs , that will see Novell and AT&T co-developing and co-marketing products that link their core businesses : computer networks and business phones ( UX No 418 ) . |
| 25 | This is why the two companies want to finalise the deal soon . |
| 26 | Two promoters had obtained the same A G ( all mutations are indicated for the upper strand ) substitution at position -65 , two promoters had obtained an A G substitution at -72 , three promoters had obtained double mutations : A G at -65 together with C T at -1 , A G at -65 with C T at +4 and A G at -65 together with A G at -33 . |
| 27 | The tremendous economic and technological changes of the last two decades have affected every aspect of life , from the intimate details of personal and family relationships to the wider world of social , institutional , economic and political structures . |
| 28 | In a statement before he left on Nov. 3 , Bérégovoy was quoted as saying that the two countries had overcome a period of strain and had agreed to give a new impetus to their partnership . |
| 29 | Prior to the raids relations had been warm , and in April the two countries had signed a revision of the 1979 border agreement . |
| 30 | Despite the deterioration in inter-Korean relations , the two countries did reach an agreement on Feb. 12 to enter joint Korean teams for two international sporting events . |