Example sentences of "[conj] two [noun] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , during the war , a nursery playgroup met one or two mornings a week . |
| 2 | One or two mornings a week we sail upwind to another beach , basing ourselves on a campsite taverna for the day , and once a fortnight we take a day off . |
| 3 | One or two holidays a year , of a week or fortnight each will not be a problem . |
| 4 | Many of these small villages have only one or two buses a day . ’ |
| 5 | Children are more susceptible to caffeine than adults and should probably not drink more than one or two colas a day . |
| 6 | It so happens that Couvelaire spends one or two weekends a month in his old family home in Biarritz . |
| 7 | My ideal is just to do one or two things a year with great care and probably as a freelance . |
| 8 | Paula and Louise had been nominated to sell the raffle tickets and did a round of the hall , flirting outrageously and telling all the boys the tickets were ‘ sixpence each or two shillings a strip ’ . |
| 9 | If you snack between meals ( and most people do ! ) try to limit this to one or two snacks a day if you are trying to lose weight . |
| 10 | I mean root ginger 's like a pound a pound , or two pound a pound . |
| 11 | From one or two gigs a week The Hamsters snowballed and now they play over 270 gigs a year . |
| 12 | The larger hotels provide an occasional cabaret , and most hotels are visited on a regular one or two nights a week basis by Madeiran folk-dancing groups . |
| 13 | ( In the wild , a pair 's capacity to reproduce is limited by the availability of food , and one or two clutches a year is normal . ) |
| 14 | When a Type 2 patient requires insulin , perhaps the first question to ask is ‘ One or two injections a day ? ’ |
| 15 | It is stated that much larger numbers than are named in the Directory retain the insignia of undertakers in their shop-windows , for the sake of the profits of one or two funerals a year . |
| 16 | Those are not children who smoke one or two cigarettes a week to prove to their contemporaries that they are older than they are ; if they are boys , they smoke more than 56 cigarettes a week and , if they are girls , more than 49 cigarettes a week . |
| 17 | The ‘ LIFE ’ centre will initially open for one or two sessions a week and gradually increase as more counsellors complete their training . |
| 18 | After just one or two days a variety of shimp-like organisms appear . |
| 19 | She too should find suitable work , and start with just a few hours , perhaps one or two days a week , before building up towards full-time work if she wishes . |
| 20 | If you have a sympathetic employer and GP you could see whether the person you care for would like to come to work with you but spend one or two days a week on a regular basis in a day centre run by the DHA . |
| 21 | Clearly there is considerable travel within the UK but we would expect you to spend one or two days a week in our offices so you would need to live within a 100 mile radius of Bracknell . |
| 22 | Z2033 remained on display at Duxford in its naval colours until September 1989 when Ken Evans and Herbie Church , two volunteers with the IWM , started work to tidy up the aircraft , working at the outset just one or two days a week . |
| 23 | The clinics operated for short office hours on only one or two days a week and were not staffed to cope with disturbed and upset people who required help in a crisis . |
| 24 | Some tinies will find the pace busy , and will enjoy their evenings better if you pick them up early one or two days a week . |
| 25 | where you 're just watching , helping , washing a few cups with somebody and , and then going on a course one or two days a week , and then you 're consider whether being took on and even if you 're not took on at that place at least you 've got something to say you 've done when you 're |
| 26 | The region 's social work department is appealing for ‘ shared carers ’ who can spend one or two days a month with people who have special needs . |
| 27 | There is certainly some evidence that people who drink one or two units a day are less likely to die of heart disease than people who drink no alcohol at all . |
| 28 | Part-time students take either one or two courses a year and attend the same daytime classes as full-time students . |
| 29 | At peak times it is expected that two transfers a week between the archive and the Working-Set and vice versa will occur , and that material will be sent for composition twice a week during peak use . |
| 30 | At the Red Lion , for example , Jim Stevens says that two barrels a week are pulled through his handpumps . |