Example sentences of "two [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 But the essence of Commando organisation was its flexibility , and a Heavy Weapons Troop , for example , might be strengthened from its established two Vickers machine-guns and two 3 inch ( 76mm ) mortars to twice that number for a particular operation .
2 After watching a baraza conducted by two Masai administrators in Kenya , this observer ( Negley Farson ) wrote :
3 We now see a view of the battlefield : two lions dead , two Masai dead and Tepilit , although standing , severely mauled .
4 Lee Doherty set up Johnston for a right-wing cross and Gorman ghosted between two Bangor defenders to keep up his record of scoring in every round .
5 Of the two Roger Hiltons ( lots 44 and 45 ) , the higher price was achieved by the smaller but compositionally more coherent ‘ June 60 ( Red ) ’ , which made £13,500 ( $20,250 ; est. £6,000–9,000 ) .
6 And now it was Finals ' Day and the number two Ambersham ground at Cowdray was a seething mass of caravans , tents , trailers , canvas loose-boxes for 200 ponies and rows of cars belonging to team managers and exhausted parents .
7 These include seven new Jaguars at an average £30,000 each , four new and used Ferraris at £50,000 to £120,000 each , two Rolls Royces and two Bentleys at prices ranging from £30,000 to £116,000 , and an Aston Martin Virage for £120,000 .
8 Seven new Jaguars , four new and used Ferraris , two Rolls Royces and two Bentleys and an Aston Martin have all left the forecourt .
9 Two Convair 580s ( ZS-KEI and ‘ LYL ) are also used .
10 I got two Helens in the group .
11 Two Helens ?
12 Why have I got two Helens ?
13 For a second or two Ben knelt there in front of him threateningly , his whole body tensed as if to act .
14 But two Boudin oil paintings of ships at Le Havre and Deauville and a pastel of Trouville failed to sell .
15 Réunion is represented in the French National Assembly by two PCR deputies , and by one each from the RPR , the UDF and France-Réunion-Avenir ( FRA ) .
16 Briefly , the facts in Vestey were that in 1942 the heads of two Vestey families conveyed certain properties to non-resident trustees to be held on discretionary trust for the benefit of the settlors ' descendants .
17 The original system used a £25 million ICL 2960 computer with 100 on-line EDS-200 disc stores capable of holding 30 million separate dossiers but in 1984 ( an apt year indeed ) two ICL 2980 computers were ordered which provide enough capacity to store a 1,000-word report on every adult in Britain .
18 OPPOSITE : Two Daleks , with reels of coloured sellotape sandwiched into their waistbands , practise their movements .
19 The UK 's Meteorological Office is planning to upgrade its two Cray Research Inc supercomputers — known as the Cray twins — within the next three years .
20 Tottenham supporters , two Chelsea and a fucking Gooner .
21 Two March records , which were for 1972 , may have involved only one bird , as may two August records in 1973 .
22 The tank is 68″ × 18″ × 18″ and contains Discus , Clown Loach and Corydoras , and is run by two Eheim 20/15 external power filters .
23 ‘ I 'm aware that the engine note from his car is different to the other two Subarus but that is down to the exhaust system — nothing more .
24 He succeeded in killing both enemy soldiers before rescuing two Fusiliers from German hands .
25 From 1753 , when he sold two Sussex farms , until the death of his wife Elizabeth , daughter of Henry Thompson , of Kirby Hall , Yorkshire , in 1759 , his country home was in Charlton , moving to Lamorbey , at Bexley , when he married Esther Spencer ( died 1784 ) in March 1760 .
26 IF you book and pay for two Iberia ( 01-437 5622 ) ‘ Moneysaver ’ tickets to Spain before 27 October , you will get a £25 discount on the second ticket .
27 I have a 48″ × 18″ × 12″ marine tank , containing a Blue/Yellow Damsel , a Long Nose Butterfly , two Clownfish , and the problem anemone .
28 I have two Clownfish , which I bought as juveniles of a similar size .
29 Since file sending is quicker than fax sending , it 's also possible for two Ultrafax equipped machines to fax between themselves quicker , and therefore more cheaply , using this file send facility .
30 Frida Kahlo : The Two Fridas , 1939 , 173.5x173 cm .
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