Example sentences of "two [coord] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the great majority of birds are monogamous , there are plenty of species — particularly among the grouse , sandpipers , manakins , birds of paradise and cotingas — where it is common for males to have two or even more mates . |
| 2 | It may be that in rivers there are times when two or even more shoals rendezvous at a point along a shared beat and pass each other — whether travelling in the same direction or not — by swimming over the top of whoever has arrived first . |
| 3 | If I do another cardigan in this way I shall do two or even three lines on the sewing machine . |
| 4 | When provincial committees produced two or even three sets of recommendations , the centre 's longstanding inclination to act as it saw fit returned in full measure . |
| 5 | Reminiscent of the itchy woollies you may well have grudgingly worn as a child , the range even includes hats with a choice of one , two or even three bobbles . |
| 6 | Now , nowadays a good training hospital will , will want at least er a number of O levels and preferably two or even three A levels before they would accept a student . |
| 7 | This is entirely due to excessive muscular tension building up over the years and pulling the bones of the spine closer together , by as much as two or even three inches . |
| 8 | I was intrigued to find that they might have two or even three broods in a summer , and that the elder chicks sometimes stayed around in the nest after the younger ones had hatched . |
| 9 | These may be close at hand , perhaps even in the very field where you will set your net , or they may be two or even three fields away . |
| 10 | Also , some surnames will appear to fit with equal precision ( or lack of precision ) into two or even three categories , and this is particularly true with names descending from the occupation , or status , of the first user . |
| 11 | Two or even three years ' salary for a kitchen maid , £10 was , in fact , too low an estimate of the potential profit [ see Rizzo ] . |
| 12 | This crucial transition can take tadpoles of other species — those that develop in cold mountain streams , for example — two or even three years to complete . |
| 13 | The employer pays only one salary but two or even three workers will be identified who can perform the task , either working part-time or acting in concert on a full-time basis . |
| 14 | From what I already know , will I enjoy studying the subject for one , two or possibly more years ? |
| 15 | There are two or possibly three sections that require close inspection and ropework and the gorge should not be taken lightly but do not less this detract from a river that has everything . |
| 16 | Is n't it possible that you mistook the two or possibly three voices you heard , for in fact Mr and Mrs and . |
| 17 | Other transformational rules have the effect of combining two or more simple sentence structures into a single more complex unit : [ 5 ] Night fell The wind freshened ) Night fell and the wind freshened . |
| 18 | Term used for a multiple prayer rug — one with two or more separate prayer fields — which is also referred to as a family prayer rug ( p. 86 ) . |
| 19 | Repetitive waves — namely , two or more separate peaks in response to a single swallow are also generally believed to be abnormal . |
| 20 | It may be due to two or more separate odours , emanating from two or more works , combining to give rise to a statutory nuisance . |
| 21 | The latter , which will be discussed in the section after this , are of course considerably complicated by the problem of ‘ distance ’ , particularly when two or more separate organizations are involved . |
| 22 | For if all the parts were neatly laid down in the egg like a little homunculus , then separating the embryo into two or more separate parts would divide the pattern in two or more and each should form just a fragment of the whole . |
| 23 | If , say , £400 seems the prudent limit for a particular borrower , but that borrower gets two or more separate cards with the same credit limit , he can use at least twice the amount of credit which has been judged ‘ safe ’ for him . |
| 24 | This occurs where general offers are made by two or more separate offerors for the same target company . |
| 25 | Both of these sentences exemplify lexical dissonance ( i.e. a semantic clash , involving two or more lexical items in the same sentence ( or discourse ) ) . |
| 26 | A composite is any material made up of two or more distinct elements . |
| 27 | The Commission can also be given cases where two or more distinct firms by implicit collusion operate to restrict competition . |
| 28 | The same remark applies to questions containing two or more distinct parts . |
| 29 | an article shall be deemed to be obscene if its effect or ( where the article comprises two or more distinct items ) the effect of any one of its items is , if taken as a whole , such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely , having regard to all the relevant circumstances , to read , see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it . |
| 30 | The complete statutory definition of obscenity is contained in s1 of the Obscene Publications Act : For the purposes of this Act an article shall be deemed to be obscene if its effect or ( where the article comprises two or more distinct items ) the effect of any one of its items is , if taken as a whole , such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely , in all the circumstances , to read , see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it . |