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Examples
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At its best, "The Immortalization Commission" is an engrossing double-act play about scientific hubris.
Never Say Die Thomas Meaney 2011
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It's not the most obvious double-act in the world of business.
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Now that David Mitchell is the default booking for most TV panel shows, you might think double-act partner Robert Webb has become overshadowed.
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But none could rival the Daykin sisters' double-act Toby, which turned dysfunctional sibling rivalry and suicidally low self-esteem into a wickedly playful docu-comedy show.
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There had been talk of Ian Rush reprising his revered double-act with Dalglish from the technical area but there was a limit to Liverpool's romanticism and an experienced coach with Premier League-winning pedigree arrived instead.
Kenny Dalglish unites Liverpool round belief that he should be manager 2011
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But watched on auto-pilot, Whitechapel is serviceable enough; Rupert Penry-Jones as the OCD DI Chandler and Phil Davis as the downbeat DS Miles make a decent double-act, and the episode ended with a top-rate locked-cell cliffhanger.
TV review: Whitechapel; Protecting Our Children; Spartacus: Vengeance 2012
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In contrast to the pedestrian Edin Dzeko and Balotelli, Carroll and Suárez looked a double-act of rich potential.
Liverpool 3-0 Manchester City | Premier League match report 2011
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In a show that is effectively a double-act with his technology, Gorman has turned using PowerPoint into an art form, repeatedly wrongfooting the audience's expectations and finding joy or bewildered outrage in the minutiae of the media that increasingly shape the way we see the world.
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And another huge chunk is of my double-act partner Robert Webb.
I bet David Cameron wishes he'd chosen me instead of Mary Portas 2011
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The Ogre (2001) was a double-act: two figures with pointy stick-on beards and hunting hats who stand on the sidelines with a glass of beer, like forgotten extras in an old movie.
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