Example sentences of "two a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Class 321 units continued to be delivered at the rate of two a week , and on the Isle of Wight ‘ new ’ 1938-built former London Underground trains began to be introduced to replace coaches dating from 1923 . |
| 2 | At their peak in the mid-60s , there were 39 western series on the three American TV networks — almost two a day on each channel . |
| 3 | ‘ Financiers and impresarios you can buy two a penny , ’ the documentarist John Grierson lamented in 1931 . |
| 4 | Now they are two a penny — or rather they were until 1990 . |
| 5 | ‘ She arranged for me to be companion to an old lady , the mother of a friend of theirs , for an hour or two a day . |
| 6 | A ballerina 's performances are limited to two a month , and so-called critics are ‘ dictated ’ what to write , so that she does n't get ideas . |
| 7 | BETWEEN rounds , two a day at that period , Cotton and Toots would stroll to the car park where the chauffeur unpacked the Fortnum and Mason hamper from the back of the hired Rolls and set up folding chairs and table for an al fresco repast of caviar and champagne . |
| 8 | Now Christie 's are preparing for next month 's pop auction — they have two a year — and among the exciting stuff on offer is John Lennon 's leather jacket , Prince 's purple suit and the uniform that made Elton John look like a soldier on a box of Quality Street chocolates . |
| 9 | The number of visits was much greater : 11 per cent had 300 or more — almost one a day , 33 per cent between 100 and 300 — two or more a week on average , 19 per cent 50 — 99 , between one and two a week , 4 per cent 20–49 — between one a fortnight and one a week , 14 per cent 10–19 — less than one a fortnight , 12 per cent had less than 10 or less than one a month . |
| 10 | I own a 1983 One Ten County and two a large caravan . |
| 11 | During the first two weeks on the Scarsdale Medical Diet , you will be delighted and encouraged by rapid weight loss , actually seeing on the scale that pounds are dropping off day by day ( not that discouraging pound or two a week ) . |
| 12 | Judy knew Brown Owl would be very cross if she saw Mandy on the other side of the fence — but she did n't have time to worry very long about that , for in a minute or two a loud , frightened scream shrilled from Mandy , who had stepped forward and bent to pick up the ball resting on the bright-green surface of the ground — and found herself up to her knees in treacherous , clinging slime . |
| 13 | In the control sample the picture was slightly different ; of the 13 who stated a preference at first interview for home care and whom we were able to interview again one year later , six stated an unequivocal preference for home care , five a preference for home care but a recognition of the necessity for , or a competing preference for , institutional care , and two a clear preference for institutional care . |
| 14 | The Highlands and Islands were vastly more populated then and ‘ characters ’ must have been two a penny . |
| 15 | In the first class compartments the seating was two a side and in the brake third three a side . |
| 16 | Tchakarov 's was a great talent , and his recent death at only forty two a tragedy , but his true memorial is to be found in the earlier issues of this series . |
| 17 | I could see some of the other sprinters jogging around — Carl , Ben , Ray , Calvin — and gave one or two a wave . |
| 18 | Flickscreen arcade adventures seem to be two a penny on the C64 , and really have to be something special to stand out . |
| 19 | I read two a day for two years and forgot them . |
| 20 | There is one particularly hilarious moment when three people meet in an alley and one tries to sell the other two a cervical smear in a bottle allegedly from the great Madonna herself . |
| 21 | A few of these difficult public-interest cases go , not to the disciplinary committee , but to the Joint Disciplinary Scheme : not more than about one or two a year , but each of them demanding a great investment of time and money . |
| 22 | He 'd have paid a small army of little boys a penny or two a day to run up and down the hill with buckets of the stuff . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If we sell one more player I might as well sell them all and forget the silver and take the gold — I 'm not going to continue to sell one or two a season . |
| 24 | ‘ Lobsters are two a penny here . |
| 25 | something which they may have saved for themselves or perhaps by doing an odd job here and there , and working a day or two a week , which will not make too great demands on their strength , but will just keep the household going . |
| 26 | There , residential and nursing homes are two a penny . |
| 27 | But his cash income of 80 yuan a month , even when supplemented by the sale of a pig or two a year , gives the family a yearly cash income of no more than 1,500 yuan . |
| 28 | The whole of the double-entry system is based upon this principle and it follows from this principle that at any time the total debits must equal the total credits and by adding the two a check can be made on the double entry ; this is one of the main advantages of the system . |
| 29 | ‘ Primitivism ’ the big show that addressed the relationship between the two a few years ago at the Museum of Modern Art got the debate off to a controversial and often acrimonious start . |
| 30 | This whole picturesque area has been designated a nature reserve and if you enjoy long walks then you 're in for a treat — gorges , torrents , dense forests and vineyards are two a pfennig ! |