Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] be two [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The minimum period of disqualification is two years and the maximum period is 15 years .
2 A helpless approach to life and a low sense of self-esteem are two factors which have been suggested as being associated with a raised risk of depression following threatening life events ( see chapter 4 ) .
3 Changes in the structure of economic enterprises and their patterns of ownership are two dimensions of the constant restless dynamism of capitalist economies .
4 If a search for money and/or an avoidance of stress are two indicators of strong arousals from this goal category , then it is clear that some people can be motivated for long periods of time either by stress avoidance or by accumulating more and more money .
5 The initial design of the system assumed that levels of attainment were two years of learning apart , so it is unlikely that most statements of attainment will be usable by any teacher without more detailed teaching plans .
6 But personal interests may come second behind political realities for most , especially for Representatives , whose term of office is two years only .
7 Certainly as far as we 're concerned at Traidcraft , when we started eight years ago a packet of coffee was two pound twenty five .
8 We were talking I think this is the thing about clawback , er this year our erm receipts taken into account are two point three eight million as opposed to last year er this is taken into account we drew four hundred and seventy five thousand , that 's a huge jump erm the government by in telling us we can send this er this er what I call minuscule carrot erm this year er the capital receipts from November last year until December next year erm a anyone had undoubtedly for most of that back in the in in the use er er a grant and I think it , as the government have actually kept extremely quiet on this subject , that seemed to be the scenario that seems most likely to happen .
9 The current criterion for alert is two readings of more than three times normal background , either successively at the same site or simultaneously at two adjacent sites .
10 Then if I-A is simply degenerate when unc = { ga } so also is I — C. There must in consequence be two units in the top two places of the superdiagonal , for without them I — C would have three null rows and three null columns , and so be triply degenerate .
11 The only apparent relief from chess were two dolls and a golliwog on Judit 's bunk bed .
12 EAGLE : Almost as rare as the American bald version , an eagle in golf is two strokes under the par of a hole .
13 The maximum stay per hotel is two nights .
14 The median time from endoprosthesis insertion to surgery was two months ( range 0.25–6 ) .
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