Example sentences of "[adj] for two " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For instance , there is at present an order outstanding for two dozen piranha fish . ’ |
| 2 | After debriefing , he was due for two full days of leave . |
| 3 | I 'm usually very sore for two days after a race . |
| 4 | It is possible for two productions to be mounted so that numbers are divided — possibly four productions may be put on , if that is thought worthwhile . |
| 5 | This is possible for two reasons : a reduction in internal losses and increased lamp efficiency due to a much higher operating frequency . |
| 6 | But how was it possible for two different people who clearly knew some basic mechanical principles to have a go and produce answers that were nonsense ? |
| 7 | It is also possible for two actions to be conjoined in a simple additive way without any suggestion of temporal or causal relationship , e.g. : . |
| 8 | But this would itself be merely an instance of the general fact that with most sentences it is possible for two people to understand them but disagree about their truth . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | While all firms have income and retained earnings statements similar to these tables , it is possible for two identical firms with identical cash flows to end up with different reported earnings because they use different accounting conventions . |
| 11 | Many of the country lanes were so narrow that it would not have been possible for two vehicles to pass each other , but after half an hour , they cut into the main road that ran south from Cherbourg to Carentan . |
| 12 | The roads are terrifyingly steep and on the map look like coils of intestines , which translated into reality become dizzying sets of hairpin bends , too narrow for two vehicles to pass in comfort at any speed . |
| 13 | On the fifth night he finally fell asleep when the electrodes were on and recordings were being made , and stayed asleep for two and a half hours until his wife woke him . |
| 14 | Stephen left a message , grateful for two days ' grace . |
| 15 | And she had , she was responsible , I mean she was er , representative for two of the paintings in Belgium so that 's why I 'm . |
| 16 | While left academics queue up to deliver their twenty thousand words worth on the latest nuance of postmodernism , we look in vain for two hundred words on a new film or television programme . |
| 17 | but Pete if he , I mean I do n't see why he does n't if he went private for two years he 'd make enough to retire , in two years , no sweat , he wo n't have to work again , I mean I bet his house is paid for |
| 18 | Most women had tried to become pregnant for two or three years , and most ( 412 , 82% ) had never been pregnant when they entered the study . |
| 19 | Japan will always be memorable for two things : for Niki 's moral courage and for Hunt 's perseverance in adversity . |
| 20 | of the extract from the judgment is interesting for two reasons . |
| 21 | Gentle lavage with warm isotonic saline ( 37°C ) and air was used to clear the entire small intestine of residual contents before instilling 75 µg of cholera toxin in 5 ml of isotonic saline for two hours to induce a stable secretory state . |
| 22 | ‘ I was unemployed for two years and I have just got a nice job . |
| 23 | Females are more prominent among the unemployed for two main reasons : they are disproportionately employed in seasonal work and , as there are now more economically active women than ever before , they are as likely as men to lose their jobs because of recession . |
| 24 | Driesch was wrong for two reasons . |
| 25 | On coming down Eyre taught English for two years at Queen Elizabeth 's Grammar School , Blackburn , where Russel Harty was one of his pupils . |
| 26 | When the discharges first started , their levels were said to have been kept high for two years ‘ as part of an organized and deliberate scientific experiment ’ . |
| 27 | They are not very fast but they can fly very high for two to four hours — sometimes more . |
| 28 | Whole blood cyclosporin trough levels were measured weekly for two months and then monthly for the remainder of the study using high performance liquid chromatography . |
| 29 | It continued unabated for two days , and the gallant switchboard operators were near exhaustion . |
| 30 | He declined Dinah 's offer ; no doubt it would in any case be thought improper for two young ladies to drive a young man home . |