Example sentences of "both [be] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	At the same time , the sentiments of pity which he who suffers punishment evokes in us can no longer be so easily nor so completely extinguished by the sentiments he has offended and which react against him ; for both are of the same nature ’ ( Durkheim , 1973 : 303 ) .
2	Both are at the geometric centre of the Mansion , beneath the cupola and right above the South Portico .
3	Both are under the greatest attack from a government committed to drawing back from the welfare state .
4	The Shipman 's Tale tells of a lovers ' triangle , involving a merchant who lives at St Denis ( France ) , his wife , and a Parisian monk who was regarded as their friend : indeed the monk and the merchant call each other cousin , as both are from the same village .
5	Both are from the Old Swan area of the city .
6	Bacteria and blue-green algae are chemically very similar , both being of the procaryotic kind , and are often known as cyanobacteria .
7	The two men were about the same age , nearing fifty ; both were of the lean kind with strong features and over-thin lips ; both were taciturn and found it difficult to put ideas into words .
8	Margaret 's marriage to either candidate required a papal dispensation , for both were within the forbidden degrees , and Charles put pressure on the Pope to refuse a dispensation for Margaret to marry Edmund Langley .
9	Both were from the 16th Air Defence Regiment of the Royal Artillery .
10	Both were from the same village as Mr Shahiduddin Postman ; both had managed to get educated and to break out of the village on to the lower rungs of academia .
11	By this time , Celia had the same throat and both were in the same bed for company .
12	They were never entirely secure : Crowe nearly chopped DeFreitas on , and both were among the big majority of those who stayed any length of time in being beaten repeatedly just outside off stump .

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