Example sentences of "at [adv] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Domestic video recorders have poor sound because the edge track runs at only two centimetres per second . |
| 2 | In 1942 , 881 Aleuts had been forced to leave the Aleutian Islands in the north Pacific Ocean at only two hours ' notice following a Japanese landing to the north . |
| 3 | The fen violet has been found at only two sites , and the New Forest cicada and the water beetle at only one each . |
| 4 | Ann Marie 's cousin , Chloe Marsh , now almost two , weighed in at only two pounds after being born prematurely at the hospital . |
| 5 | director : Well , you were going to look at only two hospitals . |
| 6 | The rhythmic cell is departed from at only two points : the end , where longer notes give a moment of repose ; and at mid-point ( the end of the first sentence ) , where the two quavers of the motif are extended to six . |
| 7 | So what has been suggested is that er we examine the possibility of centralising the second line facilities that are normally provided on every base and only do that at perhaps two bases . |
| 8 | Consider a simple model of an organism that reproduces at just two ages . |
| 9 | To take an oversimplified example : if an investor buys marks at three to the pound , and the pound falls until it is valued at just two marks , every pound of the original stake will be worth £1.50 at the new rate . |
| 10 | Right now I do n't want to get you up I want to encourage you to set your alarm for seven o'clock , quite low , and when I come on at about two minutes past just snuggle up to your wireless and enjoy the music and the news and the views about the religious scene in and around North Yorkshire and beyond . |
| 11 | The nodules in which the worms live first appear at about two months from infection . |
| 12 | " The ebb runs at about two knots at half-tide , " the Inspector said . |
| 13 | then if we 're charging him out at roughly two point one , which I think we are something like that with our discount |
| 14 | At around two years , there is another driving force pushing her towards independence : the desire to be like everyone else . |
| 15 | Other similar businesses can often be valued at around two years ' purchase of the average of the last three years net profits without deduction for proprietor 's remuneration or interest on capital . |
| 16 | There are no other paths from J to I for otherwise there would be at least two paths from J to 1 ( what are they ? ) . |
| 17 | First is the mosaic from building XII , 2 , Cirencester ( Neal 1981 , no. 28 ) which has at least two panels of four-swastika arrangement ( and which , incidentally , belongs to the same building as another labyrinth design : Neal 1981 , no. 27 ) . |
| 18 | He played for the British Lions , winning at least two test places on the 1959 side in New Zealand . |
| 19 | He claimed that his governing body , the UK Central Council for Nurses and Midwives , recommended that at least two nurses gave out the drugs to patients . |
| 20 | I have known the condensation problems associated with ‘ drying out ’ to last at least two summers . |
| 21 | What the model does is to suggest at least two things that need to be examined critically . |
| 22 | At least two things follow from this . |
| 23 | The report recommends a cut of at least two pounds per disc . |
| 24 | At least two coaches seem to have been involved in a collision in the Leopoldstadt , near the canal . |
| 25 | The consignment was substantial , at least two donkey-loads . |
| 26 | Both papers carried at least two pages of local news , not including sport , and generally had one or two pages of foreign news . |
| 27 | Her life is described over at least two pages and is very dramatic — she lived in Italy where she was much courted because of her great beauty but she eventually married ‘ the very worst of those who sought her hand ’ — Paulo Neroni . |
| 28 | At least two departments have introduced internal charges to encourage civil servants and ministers to think twice before putting their thoughts on paper . |
| 29 | At least two departments in France will be focussed on for the detailed investigation of home owners . |
| 30 | Take note , in examinations , of how boundaries are suggested in questions , such as " with reference to at least two works " , or " with reference to works by at least two authors " . |