Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it took about two minutes to twig what I was going on about ! |
| 2 | two minutes past , because they have two minutes of news I think |
| 3 | Deane was always a threat and two minutes before half-time he claimed his second when he turned in a low cross from Barnes . |
| 4 | And two minutes from time they were level … |
| 5 | I have come upon one or two cases of people who have acute sensitivity to electricity and to electrical devices , such as television sets , computers , radios , electric lights , etc . |
| 6 | There are at least two groups of pavements which show more specific similarities than were considered as " sequential " ( above ) . |
| 7 | One of the most farcical rivalries was that which existed for a time between two groups of prisoners who earlier had been in different Oflags . |
| 8 | The first such study was conducted by Break in 1956 and covered 306 self-employed lawyers and accountants in England — two groups of professionals who are in a position to vary their work effort , and who are also liable to high rates of taxation because of their high incomes . |
| 9 | To be fair , there were two groups of Britons who were very concerned about health maintenance . |
| 10 | However , there are two groups of women whose marital status can put them at risk of poverty in old age because of their inability to qualify for dependants ' benefits . |
| 11 | The first and third shows , ( dis ) parities and countervail , profile with work of two groups of women who have been working collectively for a number of years . |
| 12 | There are two groups of men who make our laws . |
| 13 | After implementation of the NHS reforms there was no change in the proportion of referrals from the two groups of practices which crossed district boundaries . |
| 14 | There are , however , two groups of people we do n't keep waiting : the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise . |
| 15 | Two small signals in the night , affirmations of existence from two groups of people who knew nothing of Ted or of each other . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've got rather a big order , ’ she said , ‘ mostly for slippers but one or two pairs of shoes I have to make in French calf . ‘ |
| 17 | Dragonflies have two pairs of wings which have simple joints to them : they can only move up and down and can not be folded back . |
| 18 | However , there is an agonizing choice to make between at least two pairs of spectacles we might wear to take this critical look . |
| 19 | Arising from the distal margin of the prementum are two pairs of lobes which collectively from the ligula ; there is an outer pair of paraglossae , and an inner pair of glossae . |
| 20 | items consisted of two pairs of hands which were either similarly or differently orientated , and pairs of faces which had either the same expression or a different one . |
| 21 | This compromise incorporates two tiers of tariffs which are likely to reduce marginally the price of British bananas but push them up for the Germans . |
| 22 | Between these two states of relationships which the individual can experience in his lifetime there are transitional forms of relationships that are the content of everyday living . |
| 23 | He made two calls to contacts who sold to a private collector in New York . |
| 24 | Fig 103 By making the first of two tacks into tide it is easier to judge when to tack for the mark since you are much closer to it than if you take the other course . |
| 25 | In the early 1970s , the government passed two acts of parliament which were supposed to make illegal certain forms of discrimination against women , especially in paid work . |
| 26 | I watched a girl in front of me trying to hop from one patch to another so as to avoid ducking the two strips of leather somebody had sold her as shoes . |
| 27 | The case is one more illustration of the extreme technicality of the law relating to the sentencing of juveniles , and the need to simplify the provisions governing the relationship between two forms of detention which are likely at least in this type of case to be indistinguishable from each other in their implementation . |
| 28 | It makes a great difference which of these two forms of conventionalism we are to consider . |
| 29 | From this standpoint , the two contradictions in capitalism which Godelier distinguishes are to be regarded as being equally basic and important . |
| 30 | After two months in kennels they move on to the dog supply unit for 11 months , during which time they will be required to train at least six dogs up to the blindfold standard , and pass the guide dog trainer examination . |