Example sentences of "be [art] two [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another time my friend and I were in bed , I heard the woman shout , ‘ Are the two ladies in bed yet ? ’ 'Yes , Ma , ’ was the reply . |
| 2 | What he does describe well are the two faces of excellence as they have characterised JPL . |
| 3 | If the transformer is suitable for operation on the 240 volt UK mains supply it should have terminals marked ‘ OV ’ and ‘ 240V ’ , and these are the two terminals to which the mains input should be connected . |
| 4 | How are the two sets of components related ? |
| 5 | Nutrition and exercise are the two keys to fitness and health . |
| 6 | What I do n't understand are the two farms at the bottom of our group . |
| 7 | Those then are the two approaches of the parties in relation to the appropriate multiplier to be applied when working out the cost of future care for the plaintiff . |
| 8 | Embodied in these are the two elements of social justice and increased productivity . |
| 9 | In 1836 , the year that this book appeared , his admirer John Stuart Mill wrote that " High wages and universal reading are the two elements of democracy ; where they co-exist , all government , except the government of public opinion , is impossible . " |
| 10 | How are the two positions to be reconciled ? |
| 11 | No , perhaps the real problem is the fact that we have to use such small hooks when using the swimfeeder with maggots or casters , which are the two baits with which ‘ feeders are associated . |
| 12 | Minna and Brenda are the two heroines in ‘ The Pirate ’ who had become fashionable shorthand reference for rural femininity . |
| 13 | These are the two entrances to Lost John 's Cave , the best known and most extensive underground system in the Leck Fell area ; it is highly complex and has passages descending on various levels to a depth of 460 feet . |
| 14 | Yet these are the two characters upon whom television will now confer a new and exalted benediction . |
| 15 | What , what are the two types of time signatures ? |
| 16 | At the foot of the scarp slope of the Downs are the two formations of the Upper Greensand and Gault Clay ; both are very narrow , and the first is largely buried beneath the Chalk . |
| 17 | But for all their differences , Stella and Serena are the two halves of a basically unsatisfactory character . |
| 18 | Exceptions are the two heroes in the groups nearest the centre . |
| 19 | The two solid phases are the two enantiotropes of sulphur . |
| 20 | In fact , these are the two extremities of a mile-long ridge . |
| 21 | All I am conscious of , as I stand there with the page in my hand , is that here at last are the two terms of my inquiry , Strategy and Summerchild , united by the same sheet of paper . |
| 22 | Thus whilst 2.3 and 3.2 are the two ways of writing 6 as a product of ( positive ) irreducibles the expression 7 is regarded as the required product decomposition for the integer 7 . |
| 23 | A fundamentally important way in which the Nun 's Priest 's Tale reflects the overarching structure of the Canterbury Tales is by inviting profound reflection on the two criteria by which the tale-telling game on the pilgrimage is to be judged : " Sentence " and " solaas " — a familiar pairing of lust and loore , instruction and entertainment — are the two aspects of literature supposed by the terms of the competition to produce the best tales . |
| 24 | That removes all doubt as to choice : wherever the infinite is , and there is not an infinity of chances of loss against the chance of winning , there are no two ways about it , all must be given . |
| 25 | There are no two ways about it . |
| 26 | Are you aware that the array of funerals , commonly made by undertakers , is strictly the heraldic array of a baronial funeral , the two men who stand at the doors being supposed to be the two porters of the castle , with their staves , in black ; the man who heads the procession , wearing a scarf , being a representative of a herald-at-arms ; the man who carries a plume of feathers on his head being an esquire , who bears the shield and casque , with its plume of feathers ; the pall-bearers , with batons , being representatives of knights-companions-at-arms ; the men walking with wands being supposed to represent gentlemen-ushers , with their wands : are you aware that this is said to be the origin and type of the common array usually provided by those who undertake to perform funerals ? |
| 27 | " Oh , it 's still raining much too hard for that , " said Cowslip , as though there could be no two ways about it . |
| 28 | And thereupon their Majestyes were pleased that the said lords spirituall and temporall and commons being the two Houses of Parlyament should continue to sitt and with their Majesty 's Roy all concurrence make effectuall provision for the settlement of the religion lawes and liberties of this king dome soe that the same for the future might not be in danger againe of being subverted , to which the said lords spirituall and temporall and commons did agree and proceede to act accordingly . |
| 29 | I realized that they were the two lights of a coach . |
| 30 | As far as either side was concerned , were the two concepts of freedom and membership of the French Union compatible ? |