Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [vb -s] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the male of one of these species constructs the nest alone ( as in other weavers ) , in others the female also involves herself in this activity and in two cases receives the active assistance of additional apparently adult birds . |
| 2 | I have , perhaps rashly , elsewhere published the baldly provocative claim that ‘ postmodernism is only heterosexuals catching up with camp ’ and I think the relationship between the two discourses remains a fruitful area for further study . |
| 3 | The precise disposition , organisation and arrangement of these two discourses constitutes the basic fabric of Nizan 's fictional technique . |
| 4 | The rift between the two brothers recalls the one between Cain and Abel and would seem at first to be heading for a similar conclusion . |
| 5 | A confident distinction between the two disorders remains a taxonomic problem in 8–20% of specimens . |
| 6 | The British experience of the past two decades suggests a positive correlation between the anti-union sentiments and activities of government and picket-line disorder . |
| 7 | The apparently cyclic pattern of the past two decades raises the further possibility that the large-scale urban-rural shift of the early 1970s was a short-term event resulting from the chance combination of particular circumstances . |
| 8 | The proximity of the two articles demonstrates the sad fact that for every case of human suffering Amnesty International seeks to alleviate , there are many other innocent people whose human rights are routinely abused . |
| 9 | Incidentally ; the choice of these two films represents a critical opinion , not only of their special effects though these are outstanding too , even if Oscar turned a blind eye but of the films as a whole . |
| 10 | Successfully merging two banks requires a fast and ruthless attack on costs . |
| 11 | The news of the meeting of the two executives follows a steep rise in Pearl 's share price last Friday . |
| 12 | The intersection of the two curves indicates the simultaneous solution to the two problems . |
| 13 | A line constructed through the centres of the two circles cuts the left hand circle at Bishops Cannings and I must admit that at the time I did the preparation for the article thought little more about this point . |
| 14 | In between these two extremes comes the large mass of honourable and intelligent outdoor enthusiasts who listen to the frothings and bayings back and forth between the two factions with alarm , but without the detailed information from both sides which would enable them freely and democratically to make up their own minds , and if necessary bring their concerted pressure to bear on one side or the other to desist . |
| 15 | Between these two villages lies a favoured cross-country ski area . |
| 16 | The reciprocal of I is I itself , since a double interchange of two rows restores the original matrix ; the reciprocal of I is also evidently I and that of |
| 17 | The signal detected by the stylus when it makes an electrical connection between the two sheets provides a sure of its position . |
| 18 | These results show that intestinal pseudo-obstruction in patients with amyloidosis is caused by either myopathy or neuropathy , and that chemical types of amyloid may determine which of the two factors has the dominant affect on the bowel function . |
| 19 | His foster-child comes off best , but in addition each of two nurses receives a tenth of his estate . |
| 20 | The clear distinction made by these two conditionals gives a clear sense to talk , mainly by philosophers , of causal circumstances having a power lacked by effects , and so on . |