Sentence examples for a space of two from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a space of two" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a physical or metaphorical gap or distance that measures two units, such as two feet, two meters, or two of something else.
Example: "There was a space of two between the two chairs, allowing for comfortable seating."
Alternatives: "a gap of two" or "a distance of two".

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Within a space of two hours the city has been plunged into a state of open revolution.

After the attacks, more than 4,500 aircraft nationwide were forced to land or were diverted in a space of two and a half hours.

The drive of a microcosm of sorts about LSU's offense this season: It can look excellent, then inept – and all in a space of two plays.

This would be a second exile for the Nabokovs — in a space of two decades, they had escaped both the Bolsheviks and the Nazis, each time by a matter of hours.

As White explained in the book "Ho Hum: Newsbreaks from 'The New Yorker,' " "when a magazine article falls short and does not quite reach the end of the column, there is a space of two or three inches that has to be filled somehow.

The subtext is that many people were shocked in 2005 when ITV's lawyers invoked the new freedom of the 2003 Communications Act and in a space of two years paved the way for ITV to first cut back CITV, then abandon children's programme production - including My Parents are Aliens - and finally force out children's programmes from weekday afternoons all together.

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Entries were restricted to a space of four square inches — usually a square or a horizontal or vertical rectangle.

A1 JOURNEY INTO THE WASTELAND -- A descent beneath the World Trade Center reveals a grotesque landscape with entire office floors compressed into a space of six inches.

The demonstration for Senator Reed brought all convention business to a dead halt for a space of twenty minutes while his supporters were parading and going through the antics on the floor that such occasions traditionally call for.

THE NEWS In a space of three days, two soldiers and a police officer were killed in terrorist attacks in Northern Ireland that were claimed by two different nationalist splinter groups.

Coach John Tortorella said, "I thought we played really well, but for a space of five minutes, we had some bad reads and a couple of struggles with some players".

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