Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the two " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such a small group the special sympathy between the two boys was obvious to all their companions . |
| 2 | There 's been a lot of conjecture about the two of you , you know . ’ |
| 3 | Paternal authority was basic to the Zuwaya image , for loyalties depended on ancient domesticities : it was because your ancestors and his ancestors lived in the same household , under the same authority , that you owed another loyalty ( unless , as happened , you were in dispute with him , in which case those old fraternities marked the division between the two of you ) . |
| 4 | Within the Christian religion , the division between the two great branches , Protestantism and Roman Catholicism , is deep and almost unbridgeable . |
| 5 | Though Wallace was inclined to draw his line round some of the islands with a blacker and firmer pencil than are modern zoologists , nevertheless the Wallace Line still stands where he put it , as the division between the two regions . |
| 6 | This mutual incomprehension could , of course , be accidental ; but I will suggest that it expresses a division between the two positions which runs deeper than the dispute we have so far considered . |
| 7 | The labium is divided into two primary regions — a proximal postmentum and a distal prementum , the line of division between the two being the labial suture . |
| 8 | The failure of more talks , in London in December , on a German peace treaty meant that the line of division between the two blocs ran right through the centre of the defeated enemy of 1945 . |
| 9 | However , schools did not like students to feel at home in arts and science : a rigid division between the two prevailed : |
| 10 | Most organizations , very remarkably , are heading in the direction of a stronger division between the two types : |
| 11 | In the sentence Even if he does come , he wo n't be able to stay long there is a clear grammatical division between the two clauses . |
| 12 | Anna and Jurgen , Charlotte and Horst — both sets of parents had been intent upon creating well-rounded offspring , and the holidays on Møn , whilst providing an excellent opportunity for the two young people to make music together , were designed to encourage other interests . |
| 13 | Despite this development , the struggle between the two previously warring factions has continued , the original republicans developing a populist , nationalist party , and the former treaty party developing a concern with law and order , and moderation on the national question . |
| 14 | As the case study of Channel Four ( see below ) amply demonstrates , concerned groups and individuals attempted to keep these services out of the competitive struggle between the two giants of broadcasting in the hope that they would be better able to serve previously excluded minority groups in society . |
| 15 | What is more probably recalled in the myth with the conflict of Horus and Seth is an early struggle between the two kingdoms in which the ruler of Lower Egypt ( Horus being a local god from the Delta marshes ) conquered the ruler of Upper Egypt ( Seth being the local god of Ombos near Naqada ) . |
| 16 | The result ended a protracted leadership struggle between the two men which had seen Hawke , 62 , narrowly defeat a similar challenge from Keating , 47 , in June [ see p. 38294 ] . |
| 17 | A spokesman for the consortium lead firm , HDW in Kiel , confirmed that the contract for the two 1,550-tonne diesel-powered submarines had been signed . |
| 18 | ‘ He put his foot between the two bottom rungs of the ladder and then caught at the upright to save himself from staggering . |
| 19 | The gap between the British and Prussian armies was still very narrow , yet Sharpe 's news proved that the Emperor had his foot between the two doors and , in the morning , he would be heaving damned hard to drive the doors apart . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , he did not deny that so far as the kingdom of England was concerned , the decision between the two rivals lay with the king . |
| 21 | ‘ I would also like to thank Renault , Elf and the team 's sponsors for their support during the two years I have worked with them . |
| 22 | Provision for the two other groups defined under South Africa 's system of racial categorization , the ‘ Coloureds ’ ( people of mixed race ) and Asians , was also separate . |
| 23 | One difficulty between the two countries is the date of the next Soviet-American summit . |
| 24 | But it could equally well be a consequence of a difference in difficulty between the two pre-training tasks . |
| 25 | The 0.8 p.c. rise in the index between the two months was largely due to changes in excise duty in the Budget . |
| 26 | THE SDLP on Down Council has confirmed its intention to continue power-sharing between the two traditions , after extending its majority to three in last week 's elections . |
| 27 | ‘ There are , of course , certain differences in credal formulation between the two traditions . |
| 28 | The sharp difference in impact on work experience between the two applications was an entirely fortuitous outcome . |
| 29 | It only remains to mark off and slot the central stretcher between the two side stretchers , and the chair , minus the arms , is now complete . |
| 30 | The left fork goes on to the village of Glenelg and in a field between the two roads a gaunt ruin will be noticed : this in its eighteenth-century heyday was the barracks occupied by Hanoverian troops . |