Example sentences of "is [conj] [art] two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pleasure of long rivers is that no two trips along them are ever even similar . |
| 2 | Pam Royle , Tyne Tees presenter : ‘ My first reaction is that the two companies merged is good news in terms of what will be seen on the screen . |
| 3 | IF New Scientist has a wish for 1983 that is in theory achievable it is that the two cultures C. P. Snow described a generation ago should again become one . |
| 4 | The basic reason for such sterility is that the two parents contain different numbers of chromosomes . |
| 5 | Albert writes : ‘ The inescapable conclusion is that the two models of capitalism diverge on the fundamental question of whether to live for the present moment — and to hell with the consequences for future generations — or to plan for a better tomorrow , though it may require sacrifices today . |
| 6 | Robin Dunbar ( personal communication ) is of the opinion that the reason why this happens in gelada is that the two males strike a bargain , as it were . |
| 7 | The crucial feature necessary for the occurrence of the special phenomena of double diffusive convection is that the two components should have different diffusivities . |
| 8 | The rule is that the two plugs fit together so that black wires are in the middle — if you are in any doubt then seek assistance or use a voltmeter to check the power supply . |
| 9 | The difficulty , from the defendant 's point of view , is that the two agreements , instead of imposing a joint liability on him and Miss Guile to pay a deposit of £80 and monthly payments of £73.32 , on their face imposed on each of them individual and separate obligations to pay only a deposit of £40 and monthly payments of only £86.66 . |
| 10 | Wensley ( 1981 ) says that management must decide how much effort should be exerted on CAPM compared to the strategic analysis of competitive advantage , but the position adopted here is that the two concepts are related and that effort on one ought to improve understanding of the other , even if little research on such matters has yet been performed . |
| 11 | The reason it thinks your 486SX is a 386 is that the two processors do share many common features , it just that one is a lot more powerful than the other . |
| 12 | The alternative to Joos 's view is that the two editions of the infinitive are variants . |
| 13 | Another strange point of the mystery is that the two men claimed that the smoke came out of the tunnel mouth towards the station yet a breeze was blowing the other way . |
| 14 | His theory is that the two men were either freelance or else they decided to try and kill the President by themselves without telling the others . ’ |
| 15 | One explanation for this is that the two bodies constituting Pluto were originally moons of Neptune , but that something tore them from the giant planet 's grasp — the converse of what is thought to have happened to Triton ! |
| 16 | What is certain is that the two parts of the community continued to the time of Lanfranc 's death and beyond to face each other with unconcealed hostility . |
| 17 | Another irritation with the current crop of fax modems is that the two parts of the modem do n't cooperate with one another . |
| 18 | These two are compared — classifications involve comparisons and contrasts — and the mechanism of the comparison is that the two types ( CRAs and IRAs ) are matched together , but always against a further factor . |
| 19 | The difficulty is that the two contributions made opposite points . |
| 20 | Although there have been theories in this area which would suggest a linear relationship between arousal and performance ( e.g. Hull , 1943 ) the most common claim is that the two variables are related by the curvilinear pattern known as the inverted-U hypothesis ( e.g. Hebb , 1955 ) . |
| 21 | This is because no two patients are likely to have identical injuries , and large groups of patients are even less likely to be homogenous . |
| 22 | This is because the two components are so close together that they almost touch , and presumably gravitational strains mean that each is distorted into the shape of an egg . |
| 23 | This is because the two properties may coexist in one and the same expression . |
| 24 | We saw that when the genes of a parasite work together with each other , but in opposition to the genes of the host ( which all work together with each other ) , it is because the two sets of genes have different methods of leaving the shared vehicle , the host 's body . |
| 25 | This is because the two parts are mostly consonant with each other , avoiding excessive dissonance . |
| 26 | Officials say it is because the two sides have different versions of what was decided at the previous negotiations that the ceasefire has broken down . |