Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [conj] the [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember to change the filter floss weekly and the carbon every two months if the tank is fully stocked . |
| 2 | Two rounds after the door is opened , the floor between the doors to 76 and 78 retracts and the passage becomes a pit , 4 yards deep , with jagged iron spikes set into the bottom . |
| 3 | Pollock and Majeed argue that this behaviour is somehow different in the two countries as the motive is profit in the United States but survival in the internal market here . |
| 4 | Bills are read a first time in the same way as in the case of Government Bills , two weeks after the ballot is taken , and there is consequently little time for any consultation or drafting which has not already taken place . |
| 5 | A cancellation fee of 25% of tuition fees will be made unless the school receives notice of cancellation , in writing , two weeks before the course is due to start . |
| 6 | The need for insolvency at the relevant time does not apply to transactions at an undervalue entered into less than two years before the individual is adjudged bankrupt . |
| 7 | Naturally , losing an order is a serious matter , but with job production it normally means waiting a short period before being asked to quote again for a different job , whereas with flow production it might be two years before the model is changed and the opportunity is provided to quote again ( by which time the buyer might have forgotten the existence of the salesperson ! ) . |
| 8 | But since work for the TVEI starts at the age of 14 , two years before the GCSE is to be taken , it is not clear how that examination will fit in ; for it is not yet certain how much vocationalism can be accommodated within the GCSE itself . |
| 9 | But Sir Colin indicated that it could be another two years before the truth is made public . |
| 10 | A new head teacher has made much difference in the last two years and the school is beginning to pick up in many ways . |
| 11 | A are the two things that the client 's interested in . |
| 12 | Divide them into two teams and the game is for them to head the balloon over the string and hope the opposing team do not succeed in returning it . |
| 13 | First , two changes that The Economist is keen on . |
| 14 | The principle is that the bottom shot holds the float down almost to the sight-bob , then the rod is placed in two rests and the line is tightened until only the sight-bob remains above surface . |
| 15 | The machine is attached to the table with two clamps and the motor is joined to the machine with pegs at each end . |
| 16 | In order to fit the result of selecting two decimal digits ( a maximum value of 99 ) into a range of twenty storage positions , 20 is subtracted repetitively from the two digits until the result is less than 20 . |
| 17 | Now I can look forward to squeezing in one or two games before the season is over , and being put on standby would really give me something to aim for . ’ |
| 18 | The 503-yard par-five at Liphook is called Two Counties because the tee is in Sussex and the green in Hampshire . |