Example sentences of "[prep] be two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Northern Ireland 's World Cup downfall really started with that opening match against the Lithuanians at Windsor Park in April ‘ 92 when , after being two goals ahead , they went walkabout and Lithuania hit back to draw . |
| 2 | ‘ When you look at our results , the deflected goals we have had against CSKA and Brugge , and the way we fought back after being two goals down to Marseille , nothing holds any fears for us . ’ |
| 3 | The Midland Bank , as the major sponsor , is paying £20,000 for the privilege of being two corners in the game , and having its name and logo on all the notes used in the game . |
| 4 | In a few specimens this papillae may be partially divided giving the appearance of being two papillae . |
| 5 | Grimsby , despite being two goals down , struggled to change their pattern of play . |
| 6 | From the cantharus of pl.13 flows what appears to be two jets of a fountain . |
| 7 | We have heard the Minister repeat the same argument in response to several interventions , and there seem to be two strands running through it : one of principle and one of administration . |
| 8 | There seem to be two states of the transcendent . |
| 9 | If there are going to be two desks we need one member of staff on each desk . |
| 10 | Now we can distinguish what might seem to be two forms or , versions of conventionalism . |
| 11 | ‘ We are not together because we happen to be two women , ’ says Sandra . |
| 12 | The former measurement is in terms of a value equal to twenty times the logarithm to the base ten of the ratio of the root-means square pressure of a sound to the reference pressure , which is normally taken to be two times ten to the minus five newtons per square metre , and the unit of measurement is on a uniform scale based upon ten times the logarithm to the base ten |
| 13 | There were to be two aisles , one at each side of a central block of pews and then pews at each side . |
| 14 | There seemed to be two areas of subject-matter where quadraphonics might have an artistic advantage , drama and wildlife recording , so it seemed very sensible when the first ‘ quadraphonic ’ record of birdsong was announced . |
| 15 | Ballesteros returned 70 for day three to be two strokes behind the two leaders , with the West German Bernhard Langer . |
| 16 | A commonplace gesture of History : there have to be two races — the masters and the slaves . |
| 17 | In the UK there used to be two taxes that tax wealth per se rather than the income that is derived from wealth . |
| 18 | There seem to be two reasons for this differential response to the human capital theory : education in Cuba extends beyond the classroom to the fields and the factories , while in capitalist countries it is restricted to the classroom . |
| 19 | There are said to be two reasons for referring the valuation of a company 's shares to its auditors . |
| 20 | There seem to me to be two problems with this line of argument ( which is essentially that speech is ‘ role-appropriate ’ and that gender is a major determinant of role ) . |
| 21 | There may be said to be two limbs to s740(5) . |
| 22 | There used to be two shelves in the oven . |
| 23 | British Rail tell us that the train that should arrive at Oxford at 5.35 from Scotland is going to be two hours late this evening but I 've no problems to report to you from any of the bus companies locally . |
| 24 | Is it going to be two minutes ? |
| 25 | ‘ She has never missed a class and she will even telephone if she is going to be two minutes late . |
| 26 | There seem to be two choices in noise right now , two routes to oblivion . |
| 27 | When I came to planning the circuit I realised there would actually have to be two routes — a high level one , leading over the crest of the fells , and a low level alternative for unfavourable weather . |
| 28 | There would seem to be two components to this notion . |
| 29 | ‘ Pairs ’ often turn out to be two females . |
| 30 | Unfortunately they turned out to be two fools who did n't realise the time , and brought Mountain Rescue out combing the hill for them next morning . |