Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] the two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | It is interesting to compare the two years . |
2 | MALTA said yesterday that it was willing to accept the two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie bombing for trial on the island if all parties agreed . |
3 | It would have been quite interesting having the two languages . |
4 | But surely it would be more appropriate to see the two perspectives as complementary . |
5 | However , it seems to us quite impossible to rewrite the two agreements in this matter as a matter of construction … |
6 | Nurturing confidence is one thing , but cosseting them from the harsh realities of top provincial competition could prove totally counter-productive come the two games the count against the New Zealand XV , who themselves will not include any of the All Black tourists in Australia for the Bledisloe Cup series . |
7 | In practice it is possible to combine the two methods . |
8 | Was it possible to combine the two roles ? |
9 | In two cases involving admirable heroines and dubious companions it is hard to separate the two categories . |
10 | Linguists belonging to the Prague School by and large conflate the two structures and combine them in the same description . |
11 | It is not realistic or helpful to view the two sectors , of formal and informal care , as separate . |
12 | Planting is chosen for ease of maintenance and it is particularly useful to use the two trees , birch and sorbus provide vertical emphasis , helping to counteract the steep slope . |
13 | However , in analysing behaviour in organizations , it is extremely useful to consider the two sets apart — on the one hand the goals relating to the individual search for a comfortable lifestyle , and on the other those relating to the search for a definition of what is required of each individual . |
14 | Mostly they have been ambivalent , admitting on the one hand that both creativity and psychosis probably share similar underlying psychic mechanisms — unconscious motivation , involvement of ‘ primary process ’ thinking ( fantasy ) , ideational styles and so on ; yet , on the other hand , unwilling to bring the two states together in any causal sense . |
15 | There is obviously a scholarly interest in being able to see the two versions of ‘ La Dance ’ , from our museum and from the Hermitage , or the two versions of ‘ Nasturtiums with dance ’ from the Metropolitan Museum and from the Hermitage . |
16 | Detectives investigating the explosions have questioned more than 10,000 people but have so far been unable to identify the two men and eliminate them from their inquiries . |
17 | If you force people to choose between a family and a job I suppose , you know , women lots of women choose the family erm the only way women will achieve more educationally is to be able to combine the two things and not always have to make these crippling decisions and choices between two things which most human beings want , so there is a lot of money being spent on research into sex inequality and so on , and that 's encouraging , but I think it 's being spent in slightly the wrong way and I think there 's a tendency to evade the crucial issues which are , of course , rather deep social issues about the organization of the family and work and they take a lot of changing , so I am ambivalent about that one . |
18 | This suggests that subjects were able to dissociate the two scales where appropriate , for example , junction 17 , entering a dual carriageway from a slip road , received the fourth highest mean risk rating of the 40 junctions , 6.47 . |
19 | Some 20 home fans then ran on to the field in response , but police were able to keep the two factions apart . |
20 | When I left at two o'clock , Tally and I were addressing each other by first names ( ‘ Elliot ’ was strange to him and we settled for ‘ Ellix ’ ) and I was able to address the two waitresses by their first names without feeling uncomfortable . |
21 | Only those who are able to demonstrate the two elements of ability to do the work and ability to manage their cases properly will get the franchise . |
22 | They will be able to marry the two sets of interests to the benefit of the Province . |
23 | re-allocated , I might be able to get the two sides on , but I 'll need more , obvious have some more wide bolts for the er top and the bottom |
24 | But after she had finished the first part of her lecture ; after slightly nodding her head to the generous applause ; after the lights had gone up again ; after Ashenden had said ( as every chairman since Creation had said ) how much everyone had enjoyed the talk and how grateful everyone was that not only had the distinguished speaker fascinated each and every one of them but also had agreed to answer any questions which he was absolutely sure everyone in the room was aching to put to such a distinguished expert in the field … it was only then that Dr Moule was able to survey the two intruders . |
25 | Psychologism , through its influence in marriage guidance and churches , and also through its effects in the world of work — in personnel management , for example — is able to link the two spheres in a way religion used to be able to do but can not do any longer . |
26 | It is however important to note the two questions which were referred to the Court of Appeal for consideration [ 1992 ] 3 W.L.R. 9 , 11 : |
27 | It is perverse to dissociate the two passages conceptually and insist that the starvation refers to routine annual invasions of the Megarid . |
28 | However , it proves convenient to combine the two phases by replacing the cost by , if x i j is a basic variable with – , where K is a large number . |
29 | How would it be possible to take the two applications together when , thanks to the Government 's incompetence , there is not yet a scheme to run trains to King 's Cross ? |
30 | Dr James Swire , who had lost a daughter at Lockerbie and was the leading spokesman for the British families , told The Times that he still believed the atrocity had been carried out by the PFLP — GC , acting as mercenaries for the Iranians , although he was anxious to see the two Libyans brought to trial by any means short of force . |