Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] two [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good system development goes through two distinct phases . |
| 2 | Counts as two coincident roots . |
| 3 | Instead of denoting a direct relationship between words and extra-linguistic objects , reference is limited here to the relationship of identity which holds between two linguistic expressions . |
| 4 | For example my mum looks after two little boys who are both three . |
| 5 | Fletcher said : ‘ It looks like two different pitches — one when they bowl and another when we bowl on it . ’ |
| 6 | It lies in two adjoining basins 4 m above sea level and 200 m from the shore , with a surface area of 45 000 m 2 and a mean depth of 2.0 m . |
| 7 | Much of the explanation for this lies in two interrelated trends : towards more white-collar jobs and towards more service jobs , both traditionally weakly organized . |
| 8 | The show illustrates in two large sections the period from the election in 1024 of the first Salien king , Konrad II , to the death in 1125 of his great-grandson Emperor Heinrich V. The first , introduced by historical maps of the period , illustrates the everyday life and working environment of people of different social strata . |
| 9 | He lives in two different worlds . |
| 10 | As one , for example , ‘ Morte Arthur ’ , the whole pleasure of which standeth in two special points , in open manslaughter and bold bawdry … |
| 11 | However , Singer objected to the importation of moral personality by contractualists like John Rawls on two main grounds and we are now in a position to supplement my provisional replies to his argument . |
| 12 | In oriental rugs , every knot — which corresponds to two individual strands of pile — is tied by hand , and a skilled weaver can tie something in the region of a thousand knots per hour . |
| 13 | In assessing the suitability of the proposed operating centre , the LA looks at two connected aspects . |
| 14 | Jane Wallace looks at two common problems which will be experienced with most horses at some stage or other : shying and pulling . |
| 15 | Peter Cracknell looks at two luxury models from manufacturers with proven track records : the Peugeot 605 SVi and the Volvo 940 SE |
| 16 | Two hundred pounds , it 's a good one , double decker with all sorts of , and then adds a forty five per cent mark up on it , so it starts at two hundred pounds , then adds |
| 17 | You can also enter a new media item into one of the uninitialised items which has not been displayed ( because it occurs between two initialised items ) by typing its number in the Start identifier field . |
| 18 | The social economy disintegrates into two autonomous spheres : the famine-stricken town , and the country , which despite the partial destruction of the productive forces , has a fairly considerable quantity of unmarketable ‘ surplus ’ produce . |
| 19 | The line of argument depends upon two principal features : ( a ) there is a need to produce an oven justification for practices which might be criticized and this justification must explain racial discrimination in terms of anything other than irrational preferences ; ( b ) the discourse implies that irrational preference would be morally bad and the good intentions of the speaker , and those whom the speaker justifies , are guaranteed if they are shown to differ from those who might act on the basis of irrational prejudices . |
| 20 | In the view of the Board the resolution of this case depends upon two fundamental propositions : first , agency is a contract made between principal and agent ; second , like every other contract , the rights and duties of the principal and agent are dependent upon the terms of the contract between them , whether express or implied . |
| 21 | Since this shot occurs in two different scenes , maybe he tried it both ways , but it looks the same in each , tough repeated inspection fails to disclose conclusively which of the two possibilities it actually is . |
| 22 | The resulting class of solutions depends on two arbitrary functions , and retains the same pair of commuting Killing vectors . |
| 23 | And even continued tedium depends on two cosy assumptions . |
| 24 | ‘ To simplify , … the development of a depressive illness depends on two main factors , stress and susceptibility . ’ |
| 25 | A clothes-line hangs between two high windows , hovering above like a tawdry hammock from the sky . |
| 26 | This chapter deals with two distinct aspects of the relationship between a firm and the persons with whom it does business . |
| 27 | This project deals with two neglected questions . |
| 28 | Sulphur exists in two crystalline forms — orthorhombic or monoclinic — depending on the temperature ( see also chapter 6 ) . |
| 29 | After providing a brief overview of the chronology of urban unrest during the 1980s , the chapter concentrates on two main themes . |
| 30 | The one and a half million pounds damages has risen with interest and costs to two million pounds . |