Example sentences of "[adj] that [art] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The context makes it clear that the two cousins are of different sexes ; however , the sentence is not zeugmatic , so we may conclude that cousin does not have two senses ‘ male cousin ’ and ‘ female cousin ’ . |
| 2 | Comparing this with Fig. 7.1 , which illustrates the global distribution of desertification , it is clear that the two processes are often interrelated . |
| 3 | This was Renault 's fourth year with Williams and it was abundantly clear that the two companies had created a rarely achieved relationship between chassis builder and engine manufacturer , based on mutual respect and a firm resolve to win . |
| 4 | It later became clear that the two ministers had consulted the Roman catholic archbishop of Dublin before delivering their judgement on the matter . |
| 5 | So it is clear that the two kinds of productivity — children and intellectual achievements — can be combined , as is borne out by the subsequent careers of the forty two students who matriculated in 1966 and who answered the questionnaire . |
| 6 | However , the courts have made it clear that the two avenues of approach are still available and this case shows that a failure to establish unfair prejudice does not preclude the winding-up approach . |
| 7 | However , later UNITA reports made it clear that the two men had in fact defected , and accused Portugal of assisting them . |
| 8 | The official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Oct. 22 that the two sides had made " some headway " at the meeting . |
| 9 | She had come the other way to the school , and was parked by the road , now , increasingly fretful that the two boys were nowhere to be seen . |
| 10 | Since the early military experiments , the new civilian operators of nuclear power ( the electricity generating boards ) have argued in public that the two branches have become clearly separated . |
| 11 | This was followed by Julie and Cynthia talking in their comfortable Wandsworth home , indistinguishable from thousands of homes owned by married couples — so indistinguishable that the two women are faced with such questions as , ‘ If you go out together for dinner , who pays the bill ? ’ , and ‘ How do you organise your domestic life together ? |
| 12 | Because PBC is felt to reflect immune dysfunction and autoimmunity has been suggested as a possible cause of primary PHT , it is possible that the two conditions are causally associated . |
| 13 | Since both Koreas joined the UN in September 1991 , it looks slightly more possible that the two Chinas could be members as well ; but it still seems unlikely that China , committed to opposing formal Taiwanese independence by force , would allow it . |
| 14 | It is possible that the two women are one and the same , or that there is a serial killer on the prowl , but as none of Barbs 's friends or neighbours give a damn where she is , her continuing absence occasions little comment . |
| 15 | It is thus possible that the two exchangers have distinct functional roles and are selectively regulated . |
| 16 | It was an excellent vehicle for an emerging West European voice on defence issues as distinct from a NATO position in order ( with France still outside NATO ) to establish some kind of common ground at a time when it seemed possible that the two superpowers might actually manage to reach an agreement on levels of nuclear armaments that might not take Western European interests into account . |
| 17 | It is possible that the two men may have met in London . |
| 18 | The person who creates a crisis in a relationship which is not going well such that the two part company and he or she is able to establish a more suitable and rewarding partnership may do much better than the person who avoids crises and settles for a far from ideal partner . |
| 19 | At our next meeting we were able to have a long chat , I found very frank and easy to talk to and felt very much that a two way supportive relationship developed quite quickly , as opposed to supporter-supportee ( does this word exist ? ) . is now 14 months old and we have contrived to get together on a regular basis . |
| 20 | It was noticeable that the two pictures which took pride of place on Diana 's bedside dressing-table were not of her family but of her favourite hamsters , Little Black Muff and Little Black Puff . |
| 21 | Only the walls heard this delirious talk , but I was suddenly seized by a guilty fear , and became convinced that the two children were taking it in and that it was ringing in Aisha 's ears at work , and I rushed to pack my suitcase before she came back . |
| 22 | But on another occasion , not so long afterwards , she was glad that the two dogs had stayed inside . |
| 23 | It was only natural that the two artist-writers , Gleizes and Metzinger , should have been the ones who were forced into a position of compromise between the two poles of abstraction and representation . |
| 24 | In 1837 there had been improvements to the dressing floors , and it was then considered likely that every two months about 400 tons of merchantable ore and concentrate would soon be a reality , though the low price of copper prevailing at that time was felt to be something of a drawback . |
| 25 | When this happens it is more likely that the two strands mix indifferently . |
| 26 | This idea has long since fallen out of favour ; it is much more likely that the two components of a pair were born at the same time and in the same region of space , from the same cloud of dust and gas . |
| 27 | It is very likely that the two processes summarized above are simultaneous processes within an overall mechanism that is not yet fully understood . |
| 28 | It therefore seems likely that the two conditions are not as distinct from each other as was once thought . |
| 29 | If the two pairs of projectors are in line , the intention is not usually a multi-image effect In fact , it s likely that the two projectors nearer to the camera will not contain so much an image as an image-blocker , ie a mask or matte that blocks out part of the image behind it Since the two mattes will normally be complementary , and the combined image can be seen by inspection through the camera 's viewfinder , any faults , such as overlaps or gaps , should be observed at the time and , if possible , corrected on a second , third or fourth take This is more economical and satisfactory than getting the results of multiple passes back from the lab and discovering that a whole day 's work has to be redone . |
| 30 | In contrast , we would expect an example like ( 6 ) to produce a relatively high rate of plural continuations , since it is likely that the two meet in order to carry out joint activities . |