Example sentences of "[vb past] on two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the previous section we concentrated on two axes of the search space : time and level of abstraction . |
| 2 | Although Walton J. referred on two occasions to the plaintiff being under a mistaken belief that they were bound to pay the duties it is clear from his findings that in relation to at least the last three payments they were in considerable doubt as to their liability and he said , at p. 745 : |
| 3 | There was no yardage chart in those days , but I worked out very quickly that Arnold was two clubs stronger than me , so I just put myself in the same situation and added on two clubs . |
| 4 | She was bright and she was presentable , which meant that she already scored on two counts over the help that they 'd hired last year . |
| 5 | One July morning the sun shone on two figures climbing the hill leading out of the fine city of Wintoncester . |
| 6 | Thus in February 1977 the opposition to Raybestos developed on two fronts : in Ovens against the factory , in Ringaskiddy against the dump . |
| 7 | They focused on two questions : ‘ What works well ? ’ and ‘ What needs improvement ? ’ |
| 8 | While the idea of the two-stage revolution : liberation first , communism later : could be described as primitive Leninism , it may be seen that Ho 's approach to Communism was also two-track : town and country : not necessarily in that order : and his Revolutionary Youth League also functioned on two levels : the mass nationalist party and the inner core of Tam Tam Xa hotheads who were to be the nucleus of a future communist party . |
| 9 | In Indonesia a large part of the argument which led on two occasions to undeclared war turned on the federal nature of the new state . |
| 10 | We agreed on two voyages from the Thames to Nantes and then we would review the situation . |
| 11 | This morning detectives , acting on a tip-off , swooped on two houses in Banbury . |
| 12 | The Vassoirs lived on two floors of a gaunt town house west of the Seine . |
| 13 | Between 1945 and 1965 that situation arose on two occasions ( in 1957 and in 1963 ) , on the retirement of the Conservative Prime Ministers Eden and Macmillan . |
| 14 | The Americans wanted the greatest possible acceleration of weapon production on behalf of the Atlantic Alliance in order to keep ahead of the Russians , but they insisted on two principles : first , that production and storage facilities should be located with due regard to strategic considerations , and that meant location in North America with minimum holdings in Europe ; and second , that there should be co-ordination of the American and British programmes to make best use of available expertise and resources , including exchange of scientists . |
| 15 | Ethel Hallow was the form sneak and goody-goody , and it was hardly surprising that Mildred felt unfriendly towards her after all the mean tricks Ethel had played during their first two terms , including almost getting Mildred expelled on two occasions . |
| 16 | For example she would be allowed to speak to Prince Charles on the telephone if she put on two pounds . |
| 17 | She has never possessed boots or winter shoes : " I ca n't afford closed-in shoes , so I always wear sandals and in the winter I just put on two pairs of socks . " |
| 18 | Thereafter he spoke on two occasions ( 1723 and 1725 ) on customs matters , and in 1726 he published a pamphlet entitled ‘ An Essay on the Public Debts ’ which in 1727 prompted a rejoinder , ‘ A State of the National Debt ’ , reputedly by William Pulteney , Earl of Bath [ q.v . ] . |
| 19 | They had on two occasions tried to pre-empt the issue and had , in so doing , lost not only the confidence but the indispensable economic assistance of the US . |
| 20 | He could not , even when he sat on two cushions , sit easily . |
| 21 | Passengers sat on two rows of benches facing one another . |
| 22 | The court said that whether the breach was a repudiatory one depended on two factors , ( i ) the ratio the breach bore quantitatively to the whole contract ( ii ) the likelihood of the breach being repeated in later instalments . |
| 23 | By the time of Jesus , the Pharisees fasted on two days of the week , Monday and Thursday . |