Example sentences of "two [noun pl] be [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When strains are infinitesimal as in the classical theory of elasticity the difference between the two definitions is of second order and is negligible but this is not the case when large deformations are being considered . |
| 2 | His ‘ invention ’ , like that of hobbits , has been well-chronicled by Humphrey Carpenter ( Biography , pp. 64 and 172 ) ; the two cases are in several ways similar . |
| 3 | However , just occasionally , the evidence of the two disciplines is in apparent contradiction . |
| 4 | It seemed to my amused eyes that the two chefs were in chilly unfriendliness , marking out their territories , each , in the normal course of events , being accustomed to being the boss . |
| 5 | If there are the same pressures contributing to the use of contract computer staff as for agency secretarial/office staff , the two groups are in other ways very different . |
| 6 | But the first two pairs were on adjacent lanes three and four and so were not affected by any inequality in the lanes . |
| 7 | Two disputes are of central significance with respect to the location of power in the state . |
| 8 | The emphasis in the first two books is on oral/aural work with reading and writing becoming more central as students develop towards intermediate level in Destinations . |
| 9 | This might be because two schools were below average size for a secondary comprehensive ; the instruction to offer tests to pupils in the lowest sets rounded up to a complete set could have resulted in more higher ability pupils being included than was the case in larger schools with more sets . |
| 10 | To avoid this , the trader must buy and sell different numbers of contracts in each future , so that the two legs are of equal value . |
| 11 | Yeah , I suppose to , you know with you saying it 's quite a biggish house , I said erm , does she need it like so she said yeah because the two kids are in one bedroom . |
| 12 | Because these two constructions are at different levels , the existing fixed and ‘ hopper-vent ’ windows of eight lights were removed and replaced with sash-pattern frames incorporating top-hung , open-out casements , boarded panels infilling the gap between the head of the lower-storey vent and the sill of the upper-storey window ( Plate 35 ) . |
| 13 | Two reagents are in general use , one is an acidified Tyrode 's solution ( 22 ) and the other a solution of pronase ( 23 ) . |
| 14 | The two pubs are in different areas of Doncaster , South Yorks . |
| 15 | Two areas are of particular interest : the SNR shell , especially its brightest part , and the 305mJy source near its geometric centre . |
| 16 | The two countries are at opposite sides of the argument on political union , yet Mr Major and Chancellor Helmut Kohl get on well and share similar centre-right views . |
| 17 | The two workers were among 1,500 staff made redundant by the bank last autumn when sickness absence was taken into account , according to BIFU . |
| 18 | Since these two purposes are in fundamental conflict , one will , inevitably , dominate . |
| 19 | In general , language teaching during the first two years is in small groups with grammar classes , oral classes ( with a native speaker ) and classes devoted to the written language . |
| 20 | The two phases are in dynamic equilibrium when the rate of evaporation equals the rate of condensation . |
| 21 | Many different definitions of sexual selection have been proposed but two kinds are in common use . |
| 22 | TWO BRITONS were among 113 people feared killed yesterday when an Airbus jet caught in a monsoon smashed into a hillside and exploded . |
| 23 | Two discs are of special interest : featuring Bernstein the pianist and conductor in Mozart and Beethoven concertos , and in which Bernstein talks about ‘ How a Great Symphony was Written ’ ( Beethoven 5 ) in four languages with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra and then performs the work with the NYPSO . |
| 24 | By contrast , the two structures are of equal frequency in spoken and written Chinese because stress is not available as a device for signalling information structure in spoken Chinese . |
| 25 | The Pilmay and Scott graves are found grouped together on the floor of the north aisle of the fine Perpendicular church , a position which suggests that these two families were of superior standing within the community ; only the better-off were buried within a church . |
| 26 | When I was young my father kept an antiques shop where the restaurant is now , so we were n't far from the bookshop ; the two families were on friendly terms and I was at grammar school with the Glynn boys . |
| 27 | The latter two sources are of uncertain reliability , while the Encomiast 's suppression of Emma 's previous marriage to Æthelred makes one suspicious of his entire treatment of the affair , but it is inherently likely that negotiations did take place , for Cnut was shrewd enough to appreciate that gaining Emma 's assistance against her sons without Richard 's goodwill would have been to leave the job half done . |
| 28 | Recommendations from these two sources were in broad agreement on what was needed : improvements in living and working conditions , better educational and employment opportunities , improved access to and quality of services , control by the Aboriginal community over services , and a say in making policies that affect them . |
| 29 | Four horses were pulling the mud wagon ; two spares were on twenty-foot lines tied to the back end . |
| 30 | And perhaps most interesting of all : ‘ The great contrast between the two divisions of the Archipelago is nowhere so abruptly exhibited as on passing from the island of Bali to that of Lombok , where the two regions are in closest proximity . |