Example sentences of "[be] [adj] for two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And it 's particularly , I think , acute in the parish of Saint Mary 's and Saint John 's because the vicarage has been empty for two years and erm they built a new house , it was more it was cheaper to build a new house than to do the old one up , but there it 's been sat , empty for two years , and erm they 've been trying to find a buyer . |
| 3 | It is difficult to plan far enough ahead for a quarterly magazine , but we have been quarterly for two years now and still manage a Calendar in most editions so please , members and secretaries … help the editor to make your magazine an interesting and informative read for the Institute . |
| 4 | Ivan and Rosina Solowka are noticeable for two reasons — they are older than most of the others at the concert and they have the broadest smiles in the hall . |
| 5 | that 's it , we 're happy for two minutes |
| 6 | Right , I think it 's always been time-tabled for two hours though |
| 7 | By crossing plants which are heterozygous for two characters Mendel obtained nine double dominant , three each of one character dominant and the other recessive , and one were both characters were in recessive form . |
| 8 | You have been good for two minutes . |
| 9 | They have been married for two years . ’ |
| 10 | they had been married for two years but had as yet no offspring . |
| 11 | Fats in the diet are important for two reasons . |
| 12 | The all-cause mortality results of our trials are important for two reasons . |
| 13 | Police said it 's possible he could have been responsible for two sex attacks in Berkshire … one in Maidenhead and one in Slough . |
| 14 | Benjamin Libet of the University of California at San Francisco has been responsible for two sets of experiments which are often cited as crucial evidence in the debate about the relationship between brain and mind . |
| 15 | The idea bears some analogy to the 1951 European Coal and Steel Community which brought these industries under an international authority to defuse the conflict of interest between Germany and France which was held to have been responsible for two world wars . |
| 16 | Japan will always be memorable for two things : for Niki 's moral courage and for Hunt 's perseverance in adversity . |
| 17 | Again , it will not normally be acceptable for two pit brokers to agree a price at which they will trade with each other before going into the pit . |
| 18 | Sometimes water can be unavailable for two weeks — then life is not so easy . ’ |
| 19 | Had the two junctions not been converted to single track it would be impossible for two trains to collide on them , BR 's then director of operations , Ivor Warburton , agreed . |
| 20 | NASA says yes , highly probable for a prototype to be flying tests , but doubtful to be operational for two years . |
| 21 | This could be useful for two reasons : |
| 22 | But progress is likely to be slow for two reasons . |
| 23 | In memory of the ten million , or so , men who died in that war , it became the practice for everyone and everything , to stop still and be silent for two minutes at that hour , on that date every year thereafter . |
| 24 | They 've been available for two weeks at 350 Oxfam shops . |
| 25 | WHEN a club are desperate for two points , Mansfield Park is not normally the best place to go looking for them . |
| 26 | However the early forecasts by the DES ( 1983 ) were flawed for two reasons . |
| 27 | Being alone for two months will be one of the greatest challenges , he admits . |
| 28 | you said you were responsible for two horses |
| 29 | you were responsible for two horses . |
| 30 | Dessie Farrell , one of the few Dublin players to emerge from last with his reputation intact , is back in the side today after being absent for two months through injury . |