Example sentences of "[n mass] on both [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The pilot maintained the aircraft in the clime attitude and the commander , who was checking the aircraft 's instruments , noticed the RPM on both engines running down very fast , he also observed the engined pressure ratio ( EPR ) , and exhaust gas temperature ( EGT ) instrument readings dropping .
2 But even in these circumstances a full-scale pitched battle between two more or less evenly matched armies , with well-armed knights and infantry on both sides , was an extraordinary event .
3 Rub the fish on both sides with the salt and let it stand for 20 minutes .
4 The benefits include a lump sum payment for accidental injury up to £50,000 for standard cover and £100,000 for premium cover ; up to £25,000 standard and £50,000 premium for a fatal accident ; £25 or £50 for each day 's hospitalisation for up to a year , £250 or £500 towards specialist outpatient treatment after leaving hospital and up to £500,000 on both levels to cover against third party claims for injury or damage to their property .
5 I am an elected representative of the people of Northern Ireland , three thousand three hundred of our people have been murdered , that 's the equivalent of a hundred thousand people in Britain , it is the responsibility of every elected representative to do everything in their power , everything in their power , to stop that , The least responsibility that they have , the least they can do , is enter into dialogue directly with the people involved and I apologize to no-one for that , and if anybody is telling me that I 'm tainted because I do that , you know , I do n't know what sort of minds they 've got , because I think it 's our responsibility to do everything in our power to bring this violence to an end , and what 's more , what I 'm doing has massive support of ordinary people on both sections of our community because I have never in my twenty years experienced the nature of the support and the way that it 's being expressed to me by people in the streets , by telephone , and in particular by
6 On the car radio the BBC World Service announces that this morning ( 6th May ) , for the first time in forty years , the authorities in Soviet Moldavia have opened the Soviet-Romanian border across the river Pruth and that people on both sides of the border have launched millions of flowers into the waters , with thanksgiving services being held on both sides of the border .
7 The resilience of the investor is critical to ensure that the deal will not disappoint people on both sides of the bargain .
8 He pulled down the people on both sides of him .
9 Then people on both sides of them fell down .
10 Think about that for a moment , cost it 's more than just a word , it 's potentially the mass genocide of innocent young people on both sides of the divide by the combined efforts of those who consider themselves fit to make such decisions for us , and about us .
11 well we 've got people on both sides of the political fence agreeing here for one .
12 The first decade of the Franco regime was appropriately known by people on both sides of the political divide as " the hungry years " ( " los años del hambre " ) .
13 Think about that for a moment , cost it 's more than just a word , it 's potentially the mass genocide of innocent young people on both sides of the divide by the combined efforts of those who consider themselves fit to make such decisions for us , and about us .
14 Like many people on both sides of the conflict , de Gaulle recognized that the Second World War was a war which had to be waged with words and images as well as guns and bombs .
15 ‘ Come And Go Week ’ , which starts of September 29 , is being organised by Co-operation North , to encourage contact between elderly people on both sides of the border .
16 Wapping had split the staff on both papers .
17 By the autumn of 1946 the Chiefs of Staff on both sides of the Atlantic were assuming that the two nations would work together in the event of a global war .
18 Where party discipline is concerned , it is clear that voting cohesion has decreased over the last decade as MPs on both sides feel able to vote more freely .
19 Several other MPs on both sides of the House of Commons may soon be urging legal reform .
20 MPs on both sides of the Commons believe Mr Major will have to resign from Number 10 if he can not go to the Edinburgh Summit in December as EC President with an upbeat message to fellow heads of state .
21 An undisclosed number of MPs on both sides of the House of Commons pay the £35 membership subscription for the information and publications provided by the Group , but they are not required to pledge support for its aims .
22 MPs on both sides of the House responded angrily to the announcement .
23 Mr Nelson responded to interventions by MPs on both sides who claimed that if the Bank of England had acted sooner fewer depositors would have lost cash .
24 A cavalry trooper or harquebusier wearing a ‘ lobster pott ’ helmet , typical of the cavalry on both sides
25 Make six shallow slashed across the salmon on both sides .
26 The agreement provided for a military security zone of up to 80 km on both sides of the border .
27 Indeed , during almost a thousand years the only important legislation concerning English highways was a statute dating from the reign of Edward I. It required lords of manors to supervise the felling of trees and undergrowth up to 200ft on both sides of any ‘ highway ’ that led from one market town to another .
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