Example sentences of "[art] two [noun] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 This may , however , turn out to be hokum and Saturday 's Stradey celebration probably provided an imperfect guide to the two clubs ' chances , other than to reveal that here at least there is no chance of capitulation .
2 The contrast between the two artists ' studios — one neat and methodical , the other more haphazard — pointed up the differences in their natures : Vaughan , cautious and stubborn ; Minton , flamboyant and easily derailed .
3 The trio of vessels ( with a combined weight less than one of today 's jumbo jets ) passed the tip of a small island where it was dear the two oceans ' waters met — the point is now named Crosstides — and through the Paso Tortuosa .
4 With rain keeping both teams off the pitch for long periods , the ‘ corridor of uncertainty ’ took on a new meaning as Keith Fletcher commuted between the two teams ' dressing-rooms , unsure of where his priorities as coach lay .
5 The two companies ' coins and medals departments will be merged and run by Spink .
6 In particular , the combination of the two companies ' technologies is said to result in wide area network architectures that are highly scalable , simple to administer , and cost-efficient .
7 Commentators noted that the collapse of communist power in the Soviet Union , following the August coup attempt there [ see pp. 38368-73 ] , had hastened the two countries ' moves towards normalization .
8 At the end of the 14th round of the US-Soviet talks on Dec. 15 , the US ambassador to the UNCD , Max Friedersdorf , commented that the two countries ' positions were " fairly close together on most issues ' and that there was a good chance that a chemical weapons treaty would be signed within two years .
9 True , the two countries ' systems of choosing a leader and choosing a government are different , but there have been enough historic parallels to make Americans peer keenly at British elections .
10 At a banquet hosted by Yang Shangkun on Nov. 1 Nixon described the June crackdown as " excessive and unjustified " , saying that it had damaged US respect and confidence in the Chinese leadership and , speaking to Li Peng , he argued that the two countries ' differences over the events in June were " huge and unbridgeable " , but that Sino-US relations should not be allowed to founder over the issue .
11 However , after 1850 the two countries ' experiences begin to diverge .
12 The way in which the crisis of 1839 – 41 was resolved persuaded him that Britain might welcome an exploration of the two countries ' thoughts on the future of the Near East .
13 The Chairman of Vietnam 's Council of Ministers , Senior Gen. Vo Van Kiet , hailed the visit as an " important event " in the normalization of the two countries ' relations .
14 The impasse on how to ratify and implement the treaty was resolved in May in a series of bilateral negotiations between the USA on the one hand and Ukraine and Kazakhstan on the other , during which time the two countries ' Presidents , Leonid Kravchuk and Nursultan Nazarbayev , visited Washington .
15 The two countries ' chiefs of staff , Admiral William Crowe and General Sergei Akhromeyev , have also exchanged visits since then .
16 The two countries ' governments have also promoted integrated pest management policies , helping farmers to apply pesticides only when necessary and reducing waste .
17 A package of economic documents was signed by the two countries ' Premiers on Oct. 22 , in addition to a protocol on the reduction of inter-republican enterprise debt .
18 But this joint venture between the two parents ' genes worked only for the main genes within the nucleus of a living cell .
19 FIG. 1 Pre-operative magnetic resonance images of the two infants ' brains ( T2-weighted axial images ) .
20 Underneath some fairly violent anti-war protest , the interaction of the two students ' lives are played against each other and include some explicit sex .
21 Roh also indicated that the two Koreas ' plans for reunification could be combined in a three-stage formula , starting with the South Korean plan based on a Korean community , and proceeding to a confederal republic of Koryo , as proposed by the North .
22 Chris Morris , one of the teachers involved , describes how the project was organised , how pupils responded and how the project altered the two groups ' conceptions of each other .
23 The monitoring and control issues marked a return to consensus in the two groups ' assessments of how matters stood .
24 In respect of consort composition , John Bennett finds in Richard Mico a composer whose output suggests affinities with Byrd ; the two composers ' paths appear certain to have crossed within the orbit of the Petre family between 1608 and 1623 .
25 The two conductors ' approaches are highly contrasted , although the difference in recording circumstances has its part to play as well .
26 After a first session on June 8 near Brno , Klaus declared that the two sides ' views were " fundamentally different " .
27 First the opposing air forces were brought into play and then the two sides ' arsenals of short-and medium-range projectiles , conventional artillery and surface/surface missiles .
28 The Whigs dominated the two Commons ' committees established to consider the terms upon which the Crown should be offered to William and Mary : of forty-three men involved in drafting the Declaration of Rights , twenty-nine were Whig and fourteen Tory .
29 Dynastic concord and family harmony were , however , bought somewhat at the expense of the two princes ' subjects .
30 The two rivals ' remarks came as attempts to negotiate a truce in the bitter struggle between parliament and Mr Yeltsin 's executive seemed close to collapse .
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