Example sentences of "both [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | one crucial thematic differentiation between ‘ genuine art ’ and that offered by the Culture Industry : both raise the issue and the possibility of happiness in their very being , as it were , and neither provides it ; but where one keeps faith with it by negation and suffering , the other assures us it is taking place . |
| 2 | A decline in activity may now come about if both accord the region less strategic value than they have given it hitherto . |
| 3 | Robert Du Preez and Hennie Le Roux at half-back varied play well and both attacked the advantage line with profit . |
| 4 | Can he defy what may appear to be a paradox by both easing the burden of excessive interest rates and pressing on relentlessly until inflation is completely eradicated from the economy ? |
| 5 | This would explain why children of the same genetics , age and sex , living in the same house are more likely to both contract the illness than any of the other combinations studied . |
| 6 | He says he thinks they both got the part right by not smiling . |
| 7 | They were no better in trousers , because then they both got the waistline wrong . |
| 8 | While they both preach the supremacy of the market and the inalienable rights of the private sector , the Americans preach a pragmatism in the provision of local services . |
| 9 | The two speeches which I have just analysed are probably the two greatest ones in the play as they both change the storyline dramatically , but Marc Antony 's speech having the better effect on the plebeians which seems unfair , as he was dishonest and Brutus was n't , yet he won the ‘ word ’ battle and lead on from there to become greater and greater in power . |
| 10 | The 2 examples below both delete the file " WOMBAT " . |
| 11 | Even if both agreed the issue might not be withdrawn if the tribunal objected . |
| 12 | Both pick the nose of rock credibility and flick rolled-up bogies at its established figureheads . |
| 13 | We both went to state primary schools ; we both passed the 11-plus ; we both had local government scholarships — the hon. Gentleman went to a direct grant school while I went to what was then an independent school . |
| 14 | Both shared the belief of the Enlightenment that legislation could procure felicity ; that the evils of society were remediable , not punishments for original sin since ‘ more than natural causes political errors cause the decadence of peoples ’ . |
| 15 | Both lack the state , although Qaddafi says nations may organize as one ; members assure the provision of services ( welfare , justice ) by the mutual loyalties and cohesions of descent groups . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , there are similarities between the two : both are empty ; both deny the pain of emptiness ; and both are impervious to the possibility of impending death . |
| 17 | The Labour Party 's lead in the polls and the doubts which the Conservatives themselves can not help feeling about the state of the economy , both made the audience in the Winter Gardens anxious to demonstrate unity by giving standing ovations to the architects of the Government 's economic policy . |
| 18 | If they both say the world behaves in exactly the same way , you ca n't say one is right and the other wrong . |
| 19 | And I think in a way absolute equality would 've provided a problem in terms of both paving the way for industrialization because you would have created a subsistence economy and that would not have helped anybody . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , both provide the opportunity for such attainments to be formally recognized . |
| 21 | Hooligans have something in common with nutters in that they both provide the group with a good deal of entertainment . |
| 22 | Vicom — a prominent partner in Sun 's Open Graphics Initiative — and Sun , both expect the move to result in an improved focus on the VX and MVX lines as Vicom de-emphasises its proprietary technology . |
| 23 | If you both want the father to be present at the birth , ask about arrangements for this at the hospital as early as you can . |
| 24 | After a bit we both found the grammar rather monotonous and tried a little conversation so that my English would benefit too . |
| 25 | SIR , — Dr Bolin and Dr Vatn ( May 15 , p 1279 ) both criticise the rationale for our proposal that a single screening flexible sigmoidoscopy at age 55–60 would be a cost-effective means of preventing colorectal cancer . |
| 26 | Both involve the identification of a previously existing , now largely defunct , set of moral imperatives which have given way to a new order in which control , particularly of sexual conduct , has diminished . |
| 27 | And they both acknowledge the inevitability of a residuum of unpredictability . |
| 28 | A strong turnaround at both helped the group back into the black at the half-way stage , ringing up profits of £3.1m against a loss of nearly £14m last time . |
| 29 | Though the task of both understanding the situation and working for change may seem daunting , my experience of the Philippine health movement leaves me reassured . |
| 30 | Both father and son were members of a semi-separatist group in All Saints parish in the city , and both attracted the attention of the ecclesiastical authorities for repeating sermons in William 's house . |