Example sentences of "two [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Street a man named he had two sons and he had , he had to quote , give a contract for it , but he always used to do what they 'd call a workhouse feed , and it was a four pound loaf , when my father died mother did n't get a widow 's pension , what , what she got was two shillings for each lad , there 's four of us , that 's eight shillings and a four pound loaf for each lad |
| 2 | Assessment : two essays for each option , plus a dissertation . |
| 3 | The Concise Oxford Dictionary gives two definitions for each ( Table 1 ) . |
| 4 | Not two hours for all of it . |
| 5 | It does take time , about two hours for each member of staff when preparation and writing is included but it has been an investment that has repaid the school with great dividends . |
| 6 | She turned round and stormed out and I followed her as she marched down the street to Mr Kiniver 's ‘ hire shop ’ where you could rent a horse and cart for two hours for one shilling . |
| 7 | Erm then correspondence two hours for two people . |
| 8 | four week course , but he 's running it for two hours for two weeks . |
| 9 | doing two hours for two weeks . |
| 10 | Figures 2 and 3 show the time course of Ac-ASA uptake over two hours for both concentrations of drug ( 0.1 mM and 1.0 mM ) in two single experiments . |
| 11 | Salon perms are expensive because you are paying for the expertise of the technician and their time — an average perm takes approx. two hours for short to mid-length hair , more if hair is longer . |
| 12 | WOOD-WAY Hydraulic Services Limited have just announced the award of two contracts for hydraulic and pneumatic maintenance services for Amerada Hess and Total Oil Marine . |
| 13 | Atari and Psion , like most companies , have nothing against enthusiasts making one or two copies for personal back-ups . |
| 14 | There were no differences between the two groups for any sinister electrocardiographic abnormality , as defined earlier , when looked at either individually or in combination . |
| 15 | A relatively short time of the day is spent in educational classes — the children are divided into two groups for these according to age or ability . |
| 16 | Phase Two calls for joint manufacturing arrangements and the co-development of advanced FRAM products . |
| 17 | Phase two calls for 20 new homes and the refurbishment of 12 flats and phase three for 20 new homes and the refurbishment of a Grade 2 listed building into student accommodation . |
| 18 | Wolverhampton has already submitted two proposals for surplus places and they have been rejected by the Government . |
| 19 | Two titles for this talk had been suggested by the speaker , ‘ singing for his supper ’ and ‘ the gain and pain of being Director of the Daresbury Laboratories ’ . |
| 20 | Garments can be as big or small as you wish and , just to get you going , I am including two patterns for small easy to knit Duomatic items . |
| 21 | ‘ Two rehearsals for each concert . ’ |
| 22 | We find a deviation from the two rules for triatomic molecules . |
| 23 | There are two reasons for that . |
| 24 | And I think there are two reasons for that . |
| 25 | There are two reasons for this . |
| 26 | There are two reasons for this . |
| 27 | There are two reasons for this . |
| 28 | There are two reasons for this . |
| 29 | There are two reasons for this : first , there is no way to place a value on any one quality , and second , a quality considered to be a weakness is frequently only a counterbalance to assure that a strength is not misused . |
| 30 | There are two reasons for this diversity : microphones have differing pick-up characteristics depending on their intended use ; and they differ in the ways in which they convert sound into electrical signals . |