Example sentences of "[noun sg] on two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The camera has four lenses which form four conventional 2-dimensional images side by side on two frames of conventional 35-mm film . |
| 2 | The general election , due by Jan. 19 , 1992 , had been called on Oct. 7 , after Flemish and Walloon differences had undermined the coalition on two occasions . |
| 3 | Death by soap Those naughty TV people have upset Sharon Griffiths ( Echo March 24 ) by having football on two channels at the same time . |
| 4 | If Glencar does apply for a licence and planning permission to mine in west Mayo it will meet opposition on two levels . |
| 5 | Can I can I just focus your mind on two things gents ? |
| 6 | It 's not often you find yourself an enforced eavesdropper on two people screwing each other up with murder in their hearts . |
| 7 | These are very important and can be particularly effective in deterring fraud on two counts . |
| 8 | Use of more than one line to steer a kite dates back as far as the 1820s when George Peacock pioneered use of kites for traction of carriages and a boat.He utilised variable tension on two lines to elevate or depress peg-top kites successfully enough to transport as many as 16 lads to a cricket match , including his grandson , W.G.Grace the famous cricketer . |
| 9 | He may perhaps be identifiable with the ‘ Brown ’ who deputized as organist at New College on two occasions during 1493 ; otherwise his identity remains resolutely obscure . |
| 10 | Otherwise , it always reached its destination , albeit with a detour on two occasions . |
| 11 | I use forest bark and cocoa shell mulch on two flower beds to help control weeds . |
| 12 | Injury and suspension could now give Walter Smith 's team a vulnerability on two fronts that tests even their noticeable capacity for ignoring logic and achieving results that fly in the face of realism . |
| 13 | Sony were on hand to take the best of several live performances as the latest in a Puccini cycle which has already shed light on two rarities ( the early Le Villi , the late but surprisingly light La Rondine ) and will go on to Edgar — which Maazel had hoped he would record with Domingo at the time of the Fanciulla production but ‘ we looked at the schedule and realized , fortunately in time , that we were totally insane ’ . |
| 14 | Research concentrates chiefly on throwing light on two unknowns : will the new weapons lead to manpower savings ; and what demands will the new weapons make upon the skill of the average soldier . |
| 15 | Every beaver played in the six-a-side on two pitches , each one receiving the certificate for good teamwork . |
| 16 | This is an imposing structure , somewhat resembling in its frontage on two streets the keep of a Norman castle . |
| 17 | In February 1290 he received appointment as one of two commissioners to hear complaints against the king 's officials in London , but later the same month was himself convicted with his colleagues in the 1286 Norfolk eyre of judicial misconduct for failing to take appropriate action on two presentments made at the eyre . |
| 18 | The Comintern , however , disapproving strongly of these tactics , obliged the Mexican Communists ’ to send directives to the peasant leaders instructing them to turn their arms against the government and fight an action on two fronts with a view to precipitating social revolution' ( Clissold : 1970 , p. 6 ) . |
| 19 | He called for action on two fronts : |
| 20 | This is done in Appendix C , but to anticipate briefly , the reasons depend in essence on two facts : ( a ) Whenever a property is qualified it remains a property , so that e.g. ( P P ) P reduces to P P ; ( b ) The property of an adjective can not normally be applied to another property-word but only to an E. Thus while ( P E ) P reduces from a purely structural point of view to P P , it needs to be treated as a distinct pattern when the final P is an adjective , since , unless the E can be taken into account , the structure will be literally incoherent . |
| 21 | She was apparently close to marriage on two occasions , but withdrew at a late stage . |
| 22 | Put lettuce , endive and watercress on two plates and pour over half the dressing . |
| 23 | With ten minutes to go , Paul Whittington did well to tip the ball over the Milton bar on two occasions as Lane pressed for the equaliser . |
| 24 | Fresh fruit ( instead of biscuit or two squares of chocolate ) at the end of lunch on two days a week . |
| 25 | DARLINGTON design and build company Prodescon has started work on two contracts with a combined value of more than £6m . |
| 26 | The appellant , having discovered that the man had a number of previous convictions for similar offences , equipped himself with a hammer and a quantity of weak sulphuric acid and sought out the man at his place of work on two occasions . |
| 27 | The 1988 Social Security Act also tightened the contribution tests , making receipt of benefit conditional on two years ' consecutive employment immediately prior to claiming . |
| 28 | By contrast , television news is produced by only two networks ( each broadcasting on two channels ) which are constrained by law to offer remarkably similar products , however balanced , internally varied , and impartial those products might be . |
| 29 | Pasok denied yesterday it was waging a battle on two fronts . |
| 30 | In its Working Paper , it argues in favour of the present law on two grounds . |