Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] on two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wycliffe had found Edwin 's books stacked on two tiers of rough shelving . |
| 2 | The determination of the effect of the rules made by regulatory bodies operating in the public law sphere on common law and equitable rights and duties depends on two factors : ( 1 ) whether the regulatory bodies have been given authority to make rules altering private law rights ; and ( 2 ) if there is such authority , whether they have in fact exercised it when making their rules . |
| 3 | The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux commented on two features of the problem : imprisonment , and the position of bailiffs . |
| 4 | By the time of Jesus , the Pharisees fasted on two days of the week , Monday and Thursday . |
| 5 | What is beyond dispute is that the portfolio valuations benefited on two counts : firstly through translation of foreign share holdings into sterling at more advantageous rates , and secondly through the appreciation of the shares of those companies whose large overseas involvement made them beneficiaries of a lower pound . |
| 6 | Passengers sat on two rows of benches facing one another . |
| 7 | Mr Amos reported that there were over 30 members meeting on two nights in the week . |
| 8 | The DES 's case for insisting upon more attention to be paid to subject competence in the training and deployment of teachers rests on two kinds of evidence , both of which are somewhat insubstantial . |
| 9 | All of this applies to kites flown on two lines , for solo sport , individual precision aerobatics or team flying . |
| 10 | A J Trevett and colleagues reported on two patients who developed acute respiratory obstruction from swallowing live fish . |
| 11 | In this week 's journal Stern and colleagues report on two censuses carried out in 1979 and 1990 of elderly people in residential care in Leicestershire ( p 827 ) . |
| 12 | On the basis of these observations and hypotheses , Todd develops another classification of family types based on two variables , parental authority and status of women . |