Deal 8
 
 
 
♠ A K 9 2
A Q 9 8 3
8 5
♣ 8 6
 
 WEST  NORTH  EAST  SOUTH
1pass2
pass2♠pass2NT
pass3NTpasspass
pass

North opens 1, his 5-card Major.
South, with 14 points, naturally responds 2, forcing the partnership to game.

North next bids 2♠, showing the other Major suit. In standard bidding North would not be able to bid the ♠s since that would be a Reverse and North is far too weak to Reverse. But after a 2/1 Response the concept of a Reverse does not apply, and the priority of showing a 4-card Major certainly does apply.

South assumes North to be 4-5 in the Majors, so she cannot support either. She bids 2NT. If North actually has 6 s (or 5 ♠s) he will rebid the suit. South's 2NT bid guarantees a stopper in the fourth suit.

North does not have either 6 s or 5 ♠s so he just bids 3NT. Notice that North never once considered the possibility of passing what might be a misfit - the initial 2/1 response unconditionally forced the partnership to reach a game somewhere.

 Deal 9 
  ♠ 8 7 5
K 4
A Q J 10 7
♣ K 9 7