Example sentences of "[subord] [to-vb] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initially pupils often find it far easier to compare a past picture and a present picture than to compare two pictures from different periods of the past . |
| 2 | Dot wondered why it was braver to jump out of a plane than to lose two fingers in a factory . |
| 3 | Now , if you had an opportunity of glancing at the leaflet already you will have seen that the leader for this July 's er , weekend is is Mr Henry and , I do n't think I can do any better than to spend two minutes of the time that we 've got in asking Henry if he would say a word or two of introduction to the theme for this year . |
| 4 | McIntosh is too much the diplomat to say what he really thinks about the firm 's three year spell inside the TSB empire , except to say two things — firstly that he doubts whether it either made or lost much money on its investment , and secondly that Hill Samuel was very supportive once the decision to sell had been taken in principle . |
| 5 | Whether to study two half-syllabuses in place of one whole one is a rational procedure is extremely dubious . |