Example sentences of "[prep] two [noun pl] of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Left , left , left , right , left ’ — the familiar sound drifts across Queen Elizabeth Park as 6 Platoon march to the armoury to return the sub-machine-guns after two periods of weapon training .
2 In 20 patients who underwent ‘ second look ’ laparotomy there was significant downstaging of disease in 10 ( 50% ) after two cycles of chemotherapy .
3 As well as formally requesting that de Maizière negotiate the formation of a new government , deputies elected Sabine Bergmann-Pohl as President of the Volkskammer ( Speaker ) after two rounds of voting .
4 There were many reasons why after two decades of activity the American industry should begin to centre on Hollywood but surely Lary May is right to see the move ultimately in terms of the movies seeking to escape from the constant demands of Progressive America .
5 Gargy Patel looks back on the first twelve months of the motorway completed after two decades of delay .
6 It seemed such a bizarre exchange after two decades of silence that he repeated her name — ‘ Sue ? ’ — as if it might turn out not to be her after all .
7 His view of Ireland , a highly romanticised one , had been initiated by his reading of Heinrich Böll 's Irisches Tagebuch which , coincidentally , I had just read as a way of getting into German again after two decades of neglect .
8 After two hours of conversation , during which he questioned me closely concerning Ouspensky , he apologized that his wife ( he used a different word ) was not present .
9 Baker issued his surprise announcement in Paris after two hours of talks with his Soviet counterpart Eduard Shevardnadze , both of them being in France to attend talks on German unity .
10 If the notice is ignored , after two hours of non-compliance the public health department of the local authority may commence a prosecution for breach of the Act .
11 In rats receiving sc caerulein , the blood flow was significantly ( p<0.05 ) reduced by about 43% after two hours of caerulein infusion and then showed only small further decrease during the remaining hours of the experiment .
12 According to our experience the pancreatic blood flow in caerulein induced pancreatitis is significantly reduced already after two hours of caerulein infusion and then this reduction progresses to reach after five hours of infusion about half of the normal flow .
13 After two hours of debate the synod voted overwhelmingly to receive the report and moved on to detailed discussion of the legislation .
14 After two hours of fishing Peter hooked a large eel which he felt had an excellent chance of winning the £100 prize .
15 However , after two hours of negotiation , they finally realised the ‘ suspect ’ was the woman .
16 After two months of Anna and Vronsky meeting he says : ‘ Friends we shall not be , you know that yourself ; but whether we shall be the happiest or the most miserable of human beings … rests with you ’ ‘ Only one happiness is possible for me in life , … love … ’ he declared .
17 Marshall , after two months of misery and just one goal since his restoration to the front line , nabbed the second with a perfect lob over Bryan Gunn from the corner of the penalty area .
18 She developed a mild watery diarrhoea after two months of treatment but this resolved after gold injections were temporarily stopped .
19 After two months of production delays due to ‘ unprecedented demand ’ and a shortage of chips , Elonex Plc has churned out 17 new models of personal computers from its factory in North London : these comprise eight types of upgradable Intel Corp 80486-based desktops with local video bus — price ranges from £1,100 to £1,750 ; two higher entry-level desktops based on Intel 's 80486SX-25 chip — the PC-425XM Entry Level and the PC-425XB Entry Level start at £1,100 and will replace the former 20MHz PC-420X Entry Level models ; four types of WS-400 upgradeable LAN workstations based on processors ranging from 25MHz 80486SX to 66MHz 80486DX2 with Ethernet modules based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc PCnet AT chip set ; a Token Ring module will be released in due course using the IBM Corp Tropic chip set ; prices start at £950 ; and three fault-tolerant mirrored file server systems based on Novell Inc NetWare SFT III v3.11 are planned ; Elonex also intends to ship modular notebook personal computers this month .
20 After two miles of road , and maybe the first blisters and unknown muscles making their presence felt , came the test !
21 After two weeks of treatment median serum bismuth concentration was 3 ng/g ( interquartile range 2.0 to 6.0 ) and at trial exit it was 3 ng/g ( interquartile range 1.75 to 6.25 ) .
22 One patient had higher concentrations after two weeks of treatment but not at the conclusion of the trial .
23 After two weeks of CSOI of 300 µg/24 h , fasting gall bladder volume had increased almost twofold to 81.5 ( 9.2 ) ml whereas postprandial gall bladder contraction was 50.8 ( 8.5 ) % or 39.7 ( 6.3 ) ml .
24 The Armenian parliament refused after two weeks of debates to adopt the government 's economic reform programme , despite threats from President Ter-Petrosyan that not to do so would jeopardize the chances of IMF assistance .
25 Fasting gall bladder volume had virtually doubled from 42.1 ml in octreotide free conditions to 81.5 ml after two weeks of CSOI .
26 At eight hours after injection , postprandial gall bladder contraction ( ml ) was not significantly different compared with contraction without treatment or with contraction after two weeks of CSOI .
27 Eight hours after injection of octreotide and after two weeks of CSOI , V m a x ml ( as index for the amount of bile expelled to the duodenum during a meal ) was not significantly different compared with that of gall bladder contraction without treatment ( Fig 2 ) .
28 After two days of hearings , Boren on Oct. 9 called on the Attorney General to investigate the conduct of senior Justice Department officials .
29 After two days of talks held near Lisbon ( Portugal ) , between MPLA-PT and UNITA representatives , UNITA on June 18 announced the withdrawal of its delegation " for consultations " ; the two sides reportedly agreed only that further talks would be held [ see p. 37365 for April 1990 first official direct talks between the two sides ] .
30 After two days of talks Mubarak called on April 2 for an international peace conference for the region , in which all five permanent UN Security Council members would be included .
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