Example sentences of "[v-ing] both the [adj] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lords entered the fray in December with a strong preference for PR as a means of keeping both the Labour party and the Commons in check , so that in January 1918 there were disputes between the two houses as well as between and within the parties . |
| 2 | The groups are urging both the Scottish Office and Department of the Environment to match their offer . |
| 3 | Eventually they succeeded , quickly securing both the bottom door and the top flap and , even then , we could hear the horse pounding the thick oaken panels . |
| 4 | Specific data needs to be recorded about piece parts , allowing both the graphical representation and technical data to be clearly defined ready for efficient recall when required . |
| 5 | AWACS aircraft , resembling ordinary Boeing 707s but each with a large metallic mushroom mounted above the fuselage , flew off from Riyadh 's dual-purpose airport every morning , scanning both the Arabian peninsula and the war area to the east and north . |
| 6 | To learn about or to teach about cities without considering both the biophysical environment and the social environment is downright unscholarly . |
| 7 | Continually evaluating both the total effort and its individual parts in terms of planning improvement ; |
| 8 | We will promote the English language by strengthening both the British Council and the BBC World Service . |
| 9 | This has now had to be shelved with the arrival of a Diktat from the Bundestag criticising both the excessive cost and the involvement of the Foreign Ministry . |
| 10 | That looks pricey , missing both the personal computer and sub-$5,000 price points the company has been talking about , even if it does offer more floating point performance than Intel Corp 's high-end 486DX-50 chip . |
| 11 | The LNA launched a dual offensive , attacking both the medical profession and the double-standard on which the acts were premised : ‘ the false idea that there is one code of morality for men and another for women … which has more or less coloured and shaped the whole of our social life . ’ |
| 12 | During 1937 , however , the credibility of this resistance to the fascist threat was progressively undermined in Nizan 's eyes by a series of political problems confronting both the Soviet Union and Spain . |