Example sentences of "that it [verb] [prep] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a striking analogy here with crystal growth , except that it happens in two dimensions , not three . |
| 2 | Accordingly , Leonard investigated the connections of the dorsomedial thalamus in rats and showed that it projects to two cortical areas , one lying on the medial edge of the anterior cortex and the other on the lateral edge , in the rhinal fissure . |
| 3 | Thus if a close approximation to such a transformer features in the bridge circuit of figure 7.10(a) with its secondary winding tapped so that it divides into two portions having turns N 1 and N 2 , the ratio of the potential differences across these secondary portions will be near enough . |
| 4 | Remember that it rhymes in two places : " " A tuba , " I said , " or some treacle , Or a toggle to sew on your mac , Or a tray or a ticket , a tree or a thicket , A thistle , a taper , a tack . " |
| 5 | A relation is said to be transitive if the fact that it holds between two elements A and B , and also between B and some third element C , guarantees that it holds between A and C. The relation ’ — is longer than — ’ is thus transitive , because if A is longer than B , and B is longer than C , we can be sure that A is longer than C. In the case of an intransitive relation , on the other hand , the fact that it held between A and B , and between B and C , would entail that it did not hold between A and C. For instance , if A were the father of B , and B the father of C , then A could not be the father of C ; the relation ’ — father of — ’ is thus intransitive . |
| 6 | He hit the flaring log such a hefty thwack that it broke in two . |
| 7 | ‘ Kalli , ’ wrote Denness in his autobiography , ‘ was so angry that he smashed his bat so savagely on the pavilion steps that it broke in two . ’ |