Example sentences of "two [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two prisoners of conscience in Laos have been held for over 15 years for ‘ re-education ’ . |
| 2 | She was tall , a little on the stout side , and had long brown hair with one or two streaks of grey in it which was caught up in a bun perched on the top of her head . |
| 3 | As with the other two scales of population redistribution surveyed above , the distinction between the inner and outer parts of individual cities and towns in terms of their inhabitants ' relative prosperity is not new , nor is it unique in Britain ( Herbert , 1972 ) . |
| 4 | His biological tinctures and other soluble substances were diluted in a water/alcohol mixture , using two scales of dilution : the 1 in 10 known now as the D or X ( D = decimal , X = 10 ) range of potencies ; and the 1 in 100 , the C ( C = centesimal ) range . |
| 5 | There are two scales of temperature used in science . |
| 6 | Figure 3.1 compares the two scales of temperature . |
| 7 | However , for those wanting a fuller account of the mechanisms of plate movement , McKenzie and Richter ( 1976 ) discuss the possibility of two scales of convection while Boss ( 1983 ) reviews research on the convection question . |
| 8 | The care or supervision of children , though not strictly speaking housework , is included because in practice it was impossible to make an adequate distinction between the two activities of housework and child-care . |
| 9 | THE ACARD report on computer-aided design and manufacture gives two definitions of CAD : Computer-aided draughting : ‘ The use of a computer-based system for translating concepts or sketches into drawings suitable for use in manufacture , or for storing drawings or parts of drawings in a data bank to be available on call for modification , incorporating into a revised drawing , or as input to a subsequent manufacturing process . ’ |
| 10 | From the start , his two definitions of culture , that of a class and that of the whole people , ‘ have to be kept distinct but always in relation ’ . |
| 11 | She 's also charged with keeping two birds of prey at the fort which contravened wildlife regulations . |
| 12 | Police are quizzing staff and contractors in Middlesbrough municipal buildings after the theft of the nine-carat chains and two badges of office . |
| 13 | On May 11th , Mr Yeltsin sacked two opponents of reform within his government . |
| 14 | members are recommended that they approve these two course of actions , thank you very much . |
| 15 | And a as a crude thing I was gon na suggest erm two course of action . |
| 16 | Now according to forensic it looks as if the explosion was set off by two sticks of gelignite and a couple of detonators trapped under the table and wired into the lamp that stood , as it were , beside the chairman 's right hand . |
| 17 | Two minutes of video can provide an hour of classroom work , or it can be used to introduce a change of activity for five minutes . |
| 18 | Play another one to two minutes of music . |
| 19 | Another one to two minutes of music . |
| 20 | Their Anglo-Italian Cup-tie with Ascoli erupted in two minutes of fury — but the Football League will take no action . |
| 21 | The Reverend Paul Kelly officiated , and , as the couple have been deeply interested in Buddhist philosophy and teachings for around five years , they invited the Venerable Seevli , a Buddhist monk from the London Buddhist Vihara in Chiswick , to perform a traditional Buddhist blessing after the marriage , with two minutes of meditation followed by a Pali good luck chant . |
| 22 | We 've had not almost two minutes of stoppage time . |
| 23 | Yeah , yeah well er thirty two minutes of hush hush |
| 24 | According to the report , if BBC TV took just two minutes of commercials per hour , it could earn £334 million by the end of the decade . |
| 25 | Needing the number of a firm in Guildford ( Candy Domestic Equipment ) I had waited for five minutes for the inquiry people to answer , been cut short when I attempted to give the address and then handed out two minutes of silence . |
| 26 | So I missed the first two minutes of Jazz Record Requests on Radio 3 . ’ |
| 27 | two minutes past , because they have two minutes of news I think |
| 28 | Only two cases of gonorrhea were reported in the first 19 months , compared with four a week previously . |
| 29 | The follow up gastroscopies showed two cases of adenocarcinoma . |
| 30 | A draw is now made out of all the entries received each month to select the winning hole-in-one and we will then present the winner with two cases of Wolfschmidt Kummel . |