Example sentences of "[verb] [num] [noun pl] that [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Finally , and unwittingly , they created nine holes that would tax any player to the utmost .
2 Significantly , the Education Reform Bill contains two measures that will curtail local authority powers still further .
3 By manipulating ornaments on models we were able to eliminate two factors that can confound mate choice experiments involving manipulation of living birds : ( 1 ) intrasexual competition , and ( 2 ) behavioural changes in a live bird resulting directly from manipulation of its ornament .
4 Let me give two illustrations that might unpack this a little more .
5 Describe the nature of qualitative factors and give three examples that may influence a decision to make a component rather than buy it from another firm .
6 They 've got two strikers that can cause problems have n't they , Colin Clarke , he 's been about a fair bit , and Guy Whittington had one really good chance where Ken Vasey made a very good save ?
7 You 've got two legs that can carry you there and two hands that can pour it into a glass .
8 He also saw two carriages that might have been carrying senior officers , and he flirted with the idea that one of the carriages might have belonged to the Emperor himself .
9 In managing their portfolios , the commercial banks have two aims that may conflict : first , they wish to maintain an adequate stock of liquid assets in case their cash reserves ratio comes under pressure ; secondly , they wish to earn a high rate of return on their assets in order to maximise their profits .
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