Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [vb pp] [prep] two [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the ball hangs there , moon-white against the wall of cloud , everything in the world seems briefly up for grabs and I am seized by two contradictory feelings : there is so much beauty in the world it is incredible that we are ever miserable ; there is so much shit in the world that it is amazing we are happy even for a moment . |
| 2 | Usually I 'm joined by two other helpers . |
| 3 | I was invited by two revolutionary movements , the Black Panthers and the Palestinians … . these two groups have a very strong erotic charge . |
| 4 | This made me feel a quite genuine shame and remorse although — it was as if I was torn into two separate parts both rationally and emotionally — I knew that hurt bewilderment was something I should beware of : he was my enemy who would use any art to outwit me if I could . |
| 5 | I was sandwiched between two big men who joked over my head about how squashed they all were . |
| 6 | His recommendations — which are contained in two handy posters exhibited at every rig site — are slightly different from conventional drilling practices . |
| 7 | It was erupting rhythmically at about eight-minute intervals , which were preceded by two separate and terrifying sounds . |
| 8 | Correspondents from five national newspapers , five specialist publications and even a presenter from BBC 's Tomorrow 's World programme , tried and tested the shoe , which is constructed of two main elements , the outer body , which includes the outsole and leather upper , and a separate removable customised multilayered suspension system . |
| 9 | Of these , three are minor components ( VP1 , VP4 , VP6 ) that together with the ten double stranded RNA segments of the virus genome are enclosed within the core which is composed of two major proteins ( VP3 , VP7 ) , that in turn is enclosed by the two outer virion proteins ( VP2 , VP5 ) to form the complete virus particle ( 7 , 8 ) . |
| 10 | Geologically , the most critical zone is the junction between the two plates , which is defined by two major physical features ; the extreme depths of the Chile-Peru Trench , which runs along just off-shore of the continent , and the extreme heights of the Andes mountains , the crest line of which runs parallel to and 350 kilometres east of the Trench [ see Fig. 3 ] . |
| 11 | A major improvement was the use of a rechargeable battery inside the transmitter , which was recharged via two protruding wires . |
| 12 | An example was the use of the Lancaster Approaches to Studying Inventory which was administered to two large samples of Modular Course students in 1983 and 1984 ( see Table 6.2 ) . |
| 13 | The next match we saw was the final of the Men 's Doubles , with Henri Leconte and Ivan Lendl versus Jeremy Bates and Kevin Curren , which was won in two straight sets by Bates and Curren . |
| 14 | The only other case where there was the suggestion of an explicitly sexual motive and which had more than three days ' coverage was the murder of a 9-year-old boy which was reported in two national newspapers — the Daily Mail ( on three days ) ; the Daily Mirror ( on one day ) — and much fuller coverage in the local newspaper , the Lancashire Evening Post . |
| 15 | This is quoted and endorsed by Meyers ( Homosexuality and Literature , 148 ) , who goes on to describe Lawrence 's Aaron 's Rod as possessing many components of ‘ a homosexual novel ’ including ‘ an intense hatred and fear of women , who are characterised in two male gatherings as threatening , frightening and repulsive ’ , and ‘ a symbolically castrated hero who is afraid to let himself go in heterosexual love and runs away from his three women ’ ( p. 154 ) . |
| 16 | Pull out the bread insides so that you are left with two crusty shells . |
| 17 | Approaching Becher 's Brook on the second circuit Freddie and Different Class were moving into challenging positions behind the leaders , who were accompanied by two loose horses . |
| 18 | Partly , this is because the author rightly recognizes that many users of the Statute Book approach it in a different way from a judge who is presented with two opposing interpretations with supporting arguments . |
| 19 | mild contains yet another type of sugar called lactose , which itself is composed of two single units of sugar : glucose and galactose . |
| 20 | The word itself is derived from two Greek words : holos and kaustos ; the former , ‘ wholeness ’ , has a tragically ironic edge to it in the light of Leonard 's concerns for ‘ oneness ’ . |
| 21 | If , however , the mantle itself is divided into two convecting layers , plumes might rise from the internal boundary between them , perhaps the seismic discontinuity at 660 km depth . |
| 22 | Welcome back.Doctors say a four-year-old girl who suffered dreadful head wounds when she was savaged by two great danes may soon be completely healed . |
| 23 | The landing itself was fitted with two large , double-glazed skylights in the sloping ceiling , which I now realized were responsible for the light and feeling of airiness throughout the upper floors . |
| 24 | ONE of the characters in Barbusse 's great war novel , Le Feu , comments bitterly while on leave ; ‘ We are divided into two foreign countries . |
| 25 | We were split into two separate teams and taken into the play area . |
| 26 | We were even more amazed when we were joined by two handsome Polish officers . |
| 27 | We were overrun by two German Panzer divisions . |
| 28 | On one occasion , on a 300-metre climb from the spectacular bridge over the Härrakalou , a green , algae-filled river that drains a huge area of the Sarek National Park , we were accompanied by two fit Dutch lads , who maintained a similar pace . |
| 29 | Although they are followed by two relative clauses ( lines 24 and 25 ) , they are not as closely linked syntactically as the earlier examples cited above . |
| 30 | There are many thousands of varieties of rice , but they are divided into two main groups — long and short grain . |