Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] [prep] two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A EURO information bus arrives at Chester Castle car park today after being based for two days in Ellesmere Port . |
| 2 | The emphasis on map and compass skills comes in the wake of a near disaster last August when a group of 14 children and their young leader were airlifted to safety after being lost for two days east of Dalwhinnie in the Highlands . |
| 3 | Brian Mounsey , 24 , who has lived in Thailand for the past three years , was arrested after being found with two kilos of heroin . |
| 4 | A CAMERAMAN was plucked to safety yesterday after being trapped for two days inside an active volcano . |
| 5 | About half of the papers are rejected after being read by two editors without being sent for external peer review . |
| 6 | The need for the recommendation of a high-ranking scholar provided a control on the quality of the intake-as long , of course , as the scholar were reasonably honest-while the quantity could be controlled by altering a number of factors , for example , the period at which the regular investiture took place , the number of ceremonial occasions on which special investitures might occur or the number of students the holder of any given office might invest as Interesting , though extremely belated , attempts to control both the quality and the quantity of are represented by two decrees of the year 1715 , by which time the system had very nearly completely broken down . |
| 7 | The sentence took account of the fact that the offender had to face the prospect of being sentenced on two occasions , and the Court had made a deduction for that reason . |
| 8 | Hereford and worcester will have to wait for at least five years to see if the local government review will split it back into seperate counties , but Gloucestershire may benefit before then , as avon looks like being abolished in two years time . |
| 9 | Trade in the metals — which have applications ranging from making TV sets to catalysts-is dominated by two companies , Rhone Poulenc of France and Molycorp of the US . |
| 10 | But the gap between amateur and expert must be bridged if society is not to be split between two cultures . |
| 11 | Thus a sweater with front and back in tuck stitch and sleeves in stocking stitch would have to be split into two files , one containing the front and back pieces and another containing the two sleeves . |
| 12 | There 's been another arson attack on a local school , the second to be targetted in two days . |
| 13 | Wilhelm H. Hatecke of Dornbusch filed a patent in Germany in July 1949 for an aeroplane-shaped kite to be flown on two lines . |
| 14 | Winston Churchill , MP for Davyhulme , a leading Tory rebel , said : ‘ The report is that the White Paper says that 13 pits are going to be saved for two years and then have the chop . |
| 15 | The most detailed miniature building was the pyramid headquarters of the Tyrell Corporation , where the manufacture of the replicants as well as the administration of the business and the research takes place This had to be built in two sizes — many models in this and other films have to be built in several sizes , often three or four , and sometimes up to whole or partial full-size , for various kinds of shot or effect . |
| 16 | The protons and neutrons of everyday matter appear to be built from two types of quark , called — up ’ and ‘ down ’ or u and d . |
| 17 | Seeing it yesterday for the first time , she had reflected that great tact would have to be employed for two women to share quarters this size . |
| 18 | The job is to be completed in two parts with the initial scaffolding already in place . |
| 19 | The impressive free-standing sculptures on the podium of the building were shown to be made of two types of Pentelic marble . |
| 20 | In designing a course of study where a choice has to be made between two items , how available are they ? |
| 21 | In designing a course of study , where a choice has to be made between two items , how " available " are they ? |
| 22 | The presiding judge did not find this explanation acceptable and ordered the payment to be made within two days . |
| 23 | Group effectiveness has to be seen in two dimensions . |
| 24 | Benefits need to be seen in two ways : benefits in cash and benefits in kind . |
| 25 | By then , however , such was the devastation of churches and church lands that although the York clergy granted a tenth , which was to be collected in two instalments during 1317 ( a delay eloquent of their difficulties ) , they successfully insisted on a revised valuation of their livings : instead of the tenth being levied on the 1291 valor , compiled before the Scottish war began , it was to be calculated according to the true current valuation of livings , a reduced level which endured for the rest of the Middle Ages . |
| 26 | The PDI , which staged the largest rallies , managed to stretch the limits of official tolerance by attacking " nepotism " in high places , a reference to the business dealings of Suharto 's family [ see also below ] , and by calling for the presidential term to be limited to two years , an implicit criticism of Suharto 's years in power . |
| 27 | The pressure came from John McFall , a Labour home affairs spokesman , who put forward an amendment to the Carrying of Knives etc ( Scotland ) Bill calling for the planned six-month jail sentence or fine of up to £1,000 to be increased to two years or an unlimited fine . |
| 28 | This allows the archers to be deployed in two ranks on the slopes where all of them get a chance to fire , not just the front rank . |
| 29 | For example : certain dances had to be composed with two sections only , such as the earliest minuets , which made the shape of a ‘ Z ’ , i.e. a diagonally straight line with an acute angle at each end . |
| 30 | A strategy of developing centres of growth , alternative to and well clear of London was selected , to be achieved in two ways . |