Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [prep] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has developed in two ways . |
| 2 | Most serious of all , the centre 's backbone — the directors of various state-owned enterprises — has broken in two . |
| 3 | In answering this question , one has to contend with two muddles in English law , a general muddle about mental disorder and criminal responsibility , and a specific muddle about murder and manslaughter . |
| 4 | In modern times Sir Isaiah Berlin has distinguished between two ‘ kinds of freedom ’ , freedom from something and freedom to do something . |
| 5 | As a result of tight every-day control costs other operating charges at seventy eight point seven million have fallen as the percentage of sales by point nine per cent to twenty four point six per cent and depreciation in the period has fallen by two point three million to eight point four million . |
| 6 | Demand for the services offered by these units has varied considerably with a consequence that the length of time between first contact with the GP and first appointment has fluctuated between two weeks and three months . |
| 7 | Since the act was passed in 1973 some 750 domestic species have been listed as threatened or endangered , but the time between the filing of a petition for a listing and a government decision has lengthened from two to three years . |
| 8 | Policy development has come from two main sources . |
| 9 | A woman who has shivered through two winters and still faced large gas bills has been told the wrong meter was being read . |
| 10 | Virgin Group Plc is planning to enter the mass-market UK personal computer business via a computer supplies company , Virgin Euromagnetics Ltd that it has owned for two years , the Financial Times reports : £12m-a-year Virgin Euromagnetics packages supplies such as floppy disks , which are sold in Virgin stores , and has designed an 80486 machine that is to be built under contract for Virgin in the UK , initially at a rate of around 3,000 a month ; the paper says that the machine may be bundled with a laser printer for about £1,200 , and the plan is to launch in September . |
| 11 | The number of plastic trays stolen from outside shops has risen to two million a year as thieves find more uses for them — dog and cat baskets , shelving , car boot sales and plant holders . |
| 12 | In nineteen ninety two this has risen to two point two million and the indications are the ninety three figures are going to be much higher . |
| 13 | The situation which has applied in two out of the last three years , when percentage cuts or hold-backs were applied across the board by Management , is incompatible with the special factors involved in Library financial management . |
| 14 | If for example someone has to choose between two £100 credit arrangements , both involving say about one year 's monthly instalments , then any difference in APR between the two competing alternatives is a convenient guide to comparative costs . |
| 15 | In financial conglomerates a potential conflict may be said to exist where , for example , the conglomerate , when managing a client 's affairs , has to choose between two solutions for a deal where one choice is preferable from its own point of view while the other represents a better bargain for the client . |
| 16 | It is generally the case that the voter has to choose between two to four candidates , each of whom is the representative of a specific political party . |
| 17 | His proud mother , Rita Coyne , said : ‘ He has struggled for two and a half years and is now determined to live life to the full . ’ |
| 18 | But the man who signed a 10-year contract in 1988 has struggled after two neck operations and is currently in the Widnes reserve side . |
| 19 | The first national life tables ( 1842 ) already show that women enjoyed better survival than men at all ages , and their lead in expectation of life has expanded from two to six years . |
| 20 | Any test of the implementation of policy of more delegation , therefore , needs to focus on two factors in the standing of DHAs . |
| 21 | I do n't wonder whether it would be helpful just step back a bit and just look at the county council 's view as to how it should treat migration in the light of what the Secretary of State has approved on two occasions , when this issue has come up . |
| 22 | Deviation from the primitive venational type has occurred in two ways , by reduction and addition . |
| 23 | This has occurred in two ways . |
| 24 | The liberal evolutionist theory , framed in terms of the advance of democracy , and of the emergence of a political system based upon what Hobhouse ( 1911 ) called ‘ citizenship ’ , has reappeared in two forms . |
| 25 | On the security front Diana has drafted in two of her favourite bodyguards , Detective Inspector Ken Wharfe and Sergeant Dave Sharpe . |
| 26 | SIMPLY Red singer Mick Hucknall has called off two sell-out concerts on doctor 's orders . |
| 27 | She has played in two of Brixton 's three matches so far — including Sunday 's 15-1 , 15-10 , 15-11 win over Southgate — and believes the standard has improved since she last played . |
| 28 | Since the start of the month , Lee has played in two League matches , including a 105-83 win at London Docklands . |
| 29 | He added : ‘ Hirst has played in two derbys at our ground and was fortunate to finish the match each time . |
| 30 | McEniff 's zeal for football has not subsided in later years , but it now has to compete with two other compelling passions , his family and his business . |