Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] both " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never lacked for both helpers and escort , but men on starvation diet take time to respond to good feeding , and their willingness far outran what was left of their strength . |
| 2 | A great many human societies operate with " cognatic " systems of kinship , in which common ancestry is traced through both male and female links . |
| 3 | All such variations contain the same general idea : " we " , who are true kin , share a common substance through our shared links with the same ancestral past ; but wherever descent is traced through both males and females the distinction between those who are unmarriageable because they rate as true kin and those who are marriageable because they do not so rate becomes very fuzzy . |
| 4 | I reckon he 'll probably come good in time , but we ca n't afford to leave it too long to wait for both him and Deano to start coming up with the goods . |
| 5 | Hours of wrangling over the protocol of such matters was squandered during both the preparation and the course of the pair 's ceaseless round of state visits to ever more obscure countries . |
| 6 | Equally important , close personal relationships based on mutual regard and trust developed between both tutors and Jacques . |
| 7 | As a cyclist who rides for both leisure and commuting I am very concerned about the proposed local government reorganisation into unitary Councils . |
| 8 | Placements could be arranged for both observation and practice in several contrasting situations , such as a cathedral , an inner city parish , or a village church . |
| 9 | " I have arranged for both builder and architect to be here at two o'clock . |
| 10 | Regulations are given for both normal ( seminal and menstrual ) and abnormal , possibly malignant , discharges . |
| 11 | The rule allowing students only one resit per session has been developed for both academic and logistic reasons . |
| 12 | Of the six colleges only two are accredited for both primary and secondary training at undergraduate as well as postgraduate level ; primary provision predominates and , because of cuts imposed by the former DES in the past , even their joint secondary provision does not meet the full range of subjects required by the standard secondary school . |
| 13 | They encompass all kinds of visual material and account for both the aesthetic and non-aesthetic response . |
| 14 | The funding for the survey 's marine programme was slashed from $24 million to $13 million a year — money intended for both the Atlantic and the Pacific sections . |
| 15 | Printed by Imprimeries Réunies , Lausanne , the books are intended for both the general public and scholars . |
| 16 | Actions which appear to compromise free speech are sure to be criticised in Parliament , where the Attorney must answer for both his and the DPP 's prosecution policy . |
| 17 | If breeding is part of the experimental protocol then the premises must be designated for both breeding and scientific procedures . |
| 18 | ‘ Not everyone has the drive , ability , energy or inclination to aim for the top — and of course that goes for both men and women . |
| 19 | Within this ideal model ( Fig 12.3 ) , the actual costs of providing education at the appropriate level would be calculated for both academic and non-academic resources ( eg staff , equipment , facilities , services , etc ) . |
| 20 | Average scores for each nurse and resident were calculated for both collaboration and satisfaction , and their perceptions of alternative decision choices were assessed by asking them how much they agreed or disagreed that there was no alternative choice in the case of each specific patient . |
| 21 | The sensitivity , specificity , and efficiency of the sweat spot test were calculated for both the sweat spot test score and the percentage number of abnormal subareas , and receiver operating characteristic curves were drawn for both parameters . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , Mr Porter ! ’ ( 1937 ) , with Will Hay the stationmaster of Buggleskelly , is regarded as both the popular and critical pick of the genre , and has been favourably compared with the work of the Marx Brothers . |
| 23 | Enjoying a fantastic location in Kos town , you 'll find the Hotel Catherine set just back from the lively , bustling harbour , right in the centre of town and ideally placed for both the beach and nightlife . |
| 24 | For one thing Harlow is the sort of town which I 'd been agitating for both before and after the war whenever I was speaking on behalf of the Labour Party both at street corners and at public meetings on the type of life we vis envisaged for a normal person in the land . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) Notwithstanding exceptions to the rule that a solicitor may not act for both seller and buyer , in any such case a solicitor can not act as there is a conflict of interest between the parties . |
| 26 | Many of the waterproof jackets that are designed for both town and country use are inevitably compromises . |
| 27 | Considering Renault 's pioneering work in turbocharging for both road and track , it comes as little surprise that the power delivery is so smooth and strong though even Renault engineers have been unable to iron out the last fraction of a second of lag between the throttle being floored and the turbo-pressure rising . |
| 28 | These ‘ needs ’ constitute sources of control because they provide for both incentives and disincentives : their satisfaction can be used to lure us into conformity , and the threat of their denial can be used to divert us from criminality . |
| 29 | At six o'clock , Clare again caught the bus to Pimlico , took Josh back to her basement , cooked his supper , cooked her supper ( increasingly , the same nursery food sufficed for both ) , put Josh to bed , had a drink , looked over any paperwork required by her solicitor , crawled into bed with a book , fell asleep after reading a page , and woke two hours later , unable to get back to sleep . |
| 30 | The Maria is a small , friendly hotel , ideally located for both the nightlife and the beach . |