Example sentences of "[art] two [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as closing time approached , staff became unhappy with the two defendants ' use of foul language . |
| 2 | This may , however , turn out to be hokum and Saturday 's Stradey celebration probably provided an imperfect guide to the two clubs ' chances , other than to reveal that here at least there is no chance of capitulation . |
| 3 | The combined forces of the two firms ' IT departments boast a strong mixture of computer experience and accounting knowledge , and they 're planning to provide standard spreadsheets for use throughout the company . |
| 4 | The two firms ' income statements are as follows : |
| 5 | That company , 51pc owned by Renault and 49pc by Volvo , will hold 35pc of the Paris-based Renault/Volvo operating company , which will control the two firms ' car , truck and financial subsidiaries . |
| 6 | The contrast between the two artists ' studios — one neat and methodical , the other more haphazard — pointed up the differences in their natures : Vaughan , cautious and stubborn ; Minton , flamboyant and easily derailed . |
| 7 | The trio of vessels ( with a combined weight less than one of today 's jumbo jets ) passed the tip of a small island where it was dear the two oceans ' waters met — the point is now named Crosstides — and through the Paso Tortuosa . |
| 8 | He was a member of the archbishops ' committee on industrial problems ( 1917–18 ) , and in 1927 was the two archbishops ' choice to introduce the revised prayer-book measure in the House of Commons . |
| 9 | The classic source for data on the two belligerents ' respective financial positions , the IMF 's International Financial Statistics , does not present a complete picture . |
| 10 | In the area of defence , the foremost claimant for government funds in time of war , the picture available of the two belligerents ' military machines , like that of their finances , is not always very clear . |
| 11 | Shocked , everyone turned to look at him , and he briefly registered the faces and the expressions — his mother 's , the butler 's the cook 's and the two maids ' — before Jane turned and brushed past him , her face set , here eyes hard and glittering . |
| 12 | With rain keeping both teams off the pitch for long periods , the ‘ corridor of uncertainty ’ took on a new meaning as Keith Fletcher commuted between the two teams ' dressing-rooms , unsure of where his priorities as coach lay . |
| 13 | It stokes up the pressure for the two teams ' clash in East Anglia on 5 April . |
| 14 | She told Lily everything , but no one else , except Aunt Millie who was Ma 's older sister and the two girls ' greatest ally . |
| 15 | The two girls ' job was to clear the table between courses , fetch and carry dishes . |
| 16 | But tutors were so impressed with the two girls ' work in textiles that they made them unconditional offers . |
| 17 | Yet the two females ' apparent significance also made him uneasy : he did not relish the revenge these men might mete out to him and his fellows if Sycorax were to die , or Ariel come to further harm . |
| 18 | The two leaders on June 17 signed an unprecedented arms reduction agreement which would eventually cut the two powers ' nuclear arsenals by two-thirds , going far beyond the START treaty signed by President Bush and President Gorbachev of the Soviet Union in July 1991 [ see p. 38320 ] . |
| 19 | The two companies ' more obvious synergies , claims le Quement , extend to design and he 's already given free access to Renault 's Billancourt design centre to all Volvo 's senior designers . |
| 20 | It was accepted , however , that the rationalisation of the two companies ' development of the System X telephone exchanges would be an advantage . |
| 21 | The two companies ' coins and medals departments will be merged and run by Spink . |
| 22 | According to chairman Noorda , Novell has no plans to move Unix Labs headquarters from New Jersey to Utah ; rather the two companies ' respective strengths in the East and West Coast would count as advantages in the future ; even now in fact they were ‘ geographically separate , but mentally close ’ . |
| 23 | British Telecom says it plans to develop links between the two companies ' local network management systems — Hewlett-Packard 's OpenView and Sun 's SunNet Manager , and its own Concert system — and chose those two companies as its first partners because it believes that between them they control about 60% of the local network management market . |
| 24 | NEC Corp is entering systems integration agreements with Digital Equipment Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co in Japan , and plans to offer the two companies ' RISC-based servers alongside its personal computers : it says its primary focus will be the market for multimedia systems . |
| 25 | In particular , the combination of the two companies ' technologies is said to result in wide area network architectures that are highly scalable , simple to administer , and cost-efficient . |
| 26 | British Telecom says it plans to develop links between the two companies ' local network management systems — Hewlett-Packard 's OpenView and Sun 's SunNet Manager , and its own Concert system — and chose those two companies as its first partners because it believes that between them they control about 60% of the local network management market . |
| 27 | The Politburo , reviewing the talks , described them as a ‘ major political event ’ and thought particularly significant the two leaders ' declaration that a nuclear war could not be won and must never be fought ; this was at odds with the views of some influential US ( and Soviet ) strategists . |
| 28 | Gorbachev , at the two leaders ' concluding press conference , described the summit as an ‘ event of enormous importance for our bilateral relations ’ and added that one could now speak of a ‘ new phase of cooperation ’ between the two countries . |
| 29 | The two countries ' chiefs of staff , Admiral William Crowe and General Sergei Akhromeyev , have also exchanged visits since then . |
| 30 | The main item on the agenda will be reduction of troop numbers along the two countries ' common border . |