Example sentences of "[adj] on two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this section , I have argued that the inductivist is wrong on two counts . |
| 2 | Both sets of rules for the domestic knockout competitions include the same addendum , which is anomalous on two counts . |
| 3 | The value then of a political product ( produced of course by the professionals in the political field ) is dependent on two factors : ( 1 ) the symbolic capital of the political agent and his/her party ( political-symbolic capital includes the holding of party posts and the holding of local and less major national offices ; its maximization entails hyperconformity to social norms ) and ( 2 ) the extent to which these political symbols ( Bourdieu likens them to ‘ signifiers ’ ) corresponds to the interests and central meanings ( ‘ signifieds ’ ) of stratified consumers in the social . |
| 4 | This is fallacious on two grounds . |
| 5 | The arcades of the nave are each of three acute arches with octagonal columns having cups and bases but not quite similar on two sides . |
| 6 | It is important , however , to remember that the studies , whilst representing a considerable achievement , were not comprehensive on two counts : first , they did not include Scotland or Ireland ; second , the principal informants were field social workers and not residential care staff ( DHSS , 1985 ) . |
| 7 | I thought it was a bit unsafe on two wheels |
| 8 | Compensation is payable on two grounds : first , for any expenditure or liabilities incurred after the permission has been granted ( for example , expenditure on the preparation of plans ) ; and second ( following the 1954 Act ) , for the loss in the development value of the land . |
| 9 | Introducing Mr John Redwood MP , Minister of Corporate Affairs , who presented the award , Sir Brian Corby , President of the Confederation of British Industry , said : ‘ Rentokil 's achievements are remarkable on two counts . |
| 10 | Mr. Holden is lucky on two counts . |
| 11 | But modern culture is now proving to be vulnerable on two counts , one social , one intellectual . |
| 12 | This explanation is inadequate on two counts . |
| 13 | The room was large , the walls oak-panelled on two sides . |
| 14 | Bevelling the edges of T- and set-squares is helpful on two accounts . |
| 15 | Daedalus expects that his under-pressured volunteers will lose appetite and be quite happy on two meals a day , especially if he provides airline food . |
| 16 | I am , nonetheless , concerned on two counts . |
| 17 | The project is aimed at younger drivers who want totally open motoring but do n't feel safe on two wheels . |
| 18 | The other major departure on ‘ Out Of Time ’ is Mike Mills stepping forward to take the lead vocal on two tracks : the cheery garage pop of ‘ Near Wild Heaven ’ and the bloodrush charge of ‘ Texarcana ’ , which evokes memories of the days of ‘ Reckoning ’ . |
| 19 | Yes — grateful on two accounts . ’ |
| 20 | A federal jury in Miami , Unites States , on Jan. 9 found a former Interior Minister , Col. Luis Arce Gómez , who had been extradited to the USA in December 1989 , guilty on two charges of drug-trafficking , each of which carried a potential maximum sentence of 15 years . |
| 21 | It was for this reason that the procedure was undertaken at this regional neurology centre , to investigate the young woman , who had headache and bilateral papillo-oedema and in whom cranial imaging showed no abnormality and the opening pressure on lumbar puncture was normal on two occasions . |
| 22 | Thirdly , most of the courses are available on two levels — degree and diploma — with scope for transferability between courses and an element of delayed choice built into all appropriate programmes of study . |
| 23 | As an object , discourse is available on two levels . |
| 24 | This action of Reg 's was totally irresponsible on two counts . |
| 25 | She was made to stand naked on two stools which were some yard apart . |
| 26 | Analysis of the exceptions in Taskopruzade/Mecdi is difficult on two grounds , first that one can not , in the period covered by them , be absolutely sure of the status of either the medreses or the kadiliks involved , and second , that neither author is inclined to give the sort of detail that Ata'i gives in , for example , the biography of Molla Bostan , alluded to just above , from which it is at least arguable that Molla Bostan 's re-entering the medrese stream was exceptional . |
| 27 | If he was troubling the England batsman then that was worrying on two counts . |
| 28 | They were in many cases consumers of Gulf oil and anxious on two counts : first , over the physical security of supplies , lest conflict in the region should provoke a breakdown in the outward flow of oil ; and second , over price increases , which would bring in their train inflation , unemployment and general economic stagnation . |
| 29 | Also , the curling schedule of close on two matches per day , coupled with extensive travelling , proved exhausting , and in Calgary we welcomed the pleasant break of a day visit into the Rockies to Lake Louise and Banff — winter wonderlands of snow and ice . |
| 30 | Local councils like Mid-Glamorgan have been presenting plans to British Rail for close on two decades . |