Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] the two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In overall terms , between 1900 and the present day , the state apparatus for collecting and sorting criminal information has changed so dramatically that we must question whether it can supply us with a valid measuring-stick with which to compare the two periods . |
| 2 | The ponies were tied up in the shade to the branches of a row of gum trees which divided the two pitches . |
| 3 | By mid-1991 Denmark was nearing agreement with Sweden on a long-standing plan to bridge the Öresund straits which divided the two countries [ see p. 38402 ] . |
| 4 | It may be that we need to experiment with permanence units , some of which will specialise in achieving permanence through the return to natural families , and others in achieving permanence by placement with new families , and also having units which combine the two functions . |
| 5 | 1978 ) which show that ‘ red-bed ’ lithologies and in some cases thick sandstones , extend down to the Cambriense Marine Band which separates the two Chronozones of the Westphalian C. |
| 6 | In the normal course of building and landscaping , the division between two adjoining cottages is marked by the internal wall which separates the two dwellings . |
| 7 | But to speak of parallel processes co-existing in the social and aesthetic spheres is not a very satisfying explanation because the causal mechanisms which connect the two spheres are not properly elaborated . |
| 8 | As it happens , it is possible to find contexts which isolate the two readings , and when these are yoked together , zeugma results . |
| 9 | It hints that it is politicians , not disposal plants , which make the two places differ . |
| 10 | When they reacted the drug with a self complementary two ’ stranded , six-base DNA chain , they found that the hydrogen bonding which holds the two strands together can not compete with the bonding of the platinum complex to adjacent guanine groups ( see Figure ) . |
| 11 | The retina consists of the inner lining at the back of the eye and is a delicate membrane , constructed of ten different layers , one of which contains the two types of light-sensitive cells , the rods and cones . |
| 12 | My Dabs 386DX is in a Midi tower case which places the two chips of interest at the bottom and front of the case , well clear of any obstructions . |
| 13 | Some civil code jurisdictions get around the problem by looking for a consensus which blends the two sets of conditions , and uses the power of the court to resolve contradicting conditions . |
| 14 | Another example is a red pencil , which has the two readings ( i ) ‘ a pencil painted red ’ and ( ii ) ‘ a pencil which writes red ’ . |
| 15 | Those wishing to study the development of the text should consult Wordsworth 's Prelude , edited by E. de Selincourt and H. Darbishire , which has the two versions printed on facing pages , and lists all variants in the notes . |
| 16 | In terms of the role-mapping model of plural reference , we would suppose that the use of and imposes a constraint which specifies the two individuals as playing the same grammatical role . |
| 17 | The accident which cost the two men their lives happened on the Severn Bridge in September 1990 . |
| 18 | John Young 's was illustrated in The Building News on 4th September , 1857 , and Robert Kerr 's ‘ picturesque Renaissance ’ scheme , as he called it , which united the two offices in a magnificent north-facing block , was reviewed and illustrated in The Builder on 26th September . |
| 19 | Clark 's implant , which replaces the two ventricles — bottom pumping chambers — is made of polyurethane and aluminium . |
| 20 | This causes the double stranded DNA in the sample to dissociate into two single strands as the hydrogen bonds , which hold the two strands together under physiological conditions , break down reversibly on heating . |
| 21 | High-precision calibration curves now exist which confirm the two features apparent in Suess 's curve . |
| 22 | As the rivalry with England grew in the late thirteenth century , so the sea , which separated the two countries , took on added importance . |
| 23 | The treaty arranged between Edward III and John II had adopted a mainly feudal approach to the dispute which separated the two kings and their people ; it had decided who held what , and how . |
| 24 | Its front windows stared along the chestnut avenue which joined the two roads . |
| 25 | Both plot and character depend for their effect on the theme of honour which underpins the two books . |
| 26 | This difference between holists and individualists , hard as it is to formulate exactly , is a vital one : for it reveals the competing values which underlie the two approaches . |
| 27 | It 's open grass with not much cover and it slopes down to the pond and the stream which bisect the two parts of the battle area . ’ |
| 28 | By creating a peerage for Henry III , Louis IX was only emphasising further the closeness of the allegiance which bound the two men . |
| 29 | In the temporal priority condition , one of the blocks moved before the other block , but the string which connected the two blocks was screened from the children 's view . |
| 30 | In October 1919 , at the age of forty-three , she moved into Ivy 's flat , thereby establishing a friendship which brought the two ladies considerable renown . |