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

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1 This may be ; but at the time there was a case to be made for the new policy satisfying the demands both of expediency and humanity .
2 When he has met our demands both of you will be released .
3 All it takes to give this work a decent hearing is five intelligent and compatible singers , a good deal of rehearsal time , sensitive discussion about the best way of tackling the considerable demands both of the words and the huge span of music , and some recording equipment .
4 Schmidt 's main interest is in a highly focused peer group norm , which is apparently a linguistically mixed code possessing characteristics both of Dyirbal and of English .
5 The ministries both of foreign affairs and of defence are lobbying parliament hard to ratify START 1 and the Lisbon protocol , and to accept accession to the NPT .
6 He knew by now that Salter had plenty of sins both of omission and commission on his conscience and he felt no compunction in letting him worry .
7 These diagenetic fabrics can be important indicators both of the depositional environment of the sediment and of the chemistry of a variety of fluids which have been flushed through the sediment during burial .
8 Both the nouveau roman and structuralism were able to find nourishment and encouragement in their parallel activities and in the polemical tactics both movements employed as a means of furthering their broadly similar aims .
9 It is possibly the least effective method of change because it depends on two steps both of which are unnatural .
10 Personal , emotional conflicts can be seen as blocking creativity whereas ideas-controversies ( 'debates ' ) are stimulating , but in some highly creative organizations both types of tension are markedly present .
11 I have already said that the success of a Government 's defence policies depends on the conviction that those policies and their spokesmen carry in the eyes both of prospective opponents and of present friends .
12 Another attraction in being an RIE is its " status " , in the eyes both of exchange participants and government authorities ; here , RIE and exchange status are indeed much the same thing , both in theory and practice .
13 The PTE area covers both sides of the Mersey and the ferry services , declining in traditional form , have been reorganised to operate as a circular tourist service calling in turn at Liverpool , Seacombe and Birkenhead Woodside .
14 He filled six key posts ( all of which were election-related ) , including that of Prime Minister , with non-party figures , an action which earned him warm acclaim from the main opposition parties both of which pledged full support for the new administration and ended their boycott of the National Assembly .
15 The state offers small subsidies to pre-schools , but the system is poorly developed except for some voluntary projects , and in the townships both parents frequently work .
16 On the contrary , it responded to opportunities both of export abroad and of an increasingly integrated internal market .
17 He was as Romantic as any man of his time , and more so than most ; one ideally suited to Leonard 's own deeply Romantic ( and romantic ) strains — imagists both , rather than surrealists .
18 The consequence of this for the curriculum must be that within all subject areas both aspects must be attended to .
19 After looking at first reactions I shall sketch the main lines of theological comment and response , and then liturgical , practical and ecumenical developments ; then some ‘ growing points ’ and problems in areas both of praxis and of theological reflection .
20 The agencies have simply embarked on a large-scale programme to revise consents both of their sewage works and of other discharges .
21 A good spell checker has to minimise errors both of type 1 ( a correct word is marked as incorrectly spelled ) , and of type 2 ( an incorrectly spelled word is not marked ) .
22 Evening is consummated with a display of ardour which surprises both parties .
23 In the contrast between the austerity of his life and the emotional warmth of his friendships , between the rigour of his Prayers and the mildness of his disposition , between the eremitical strain in his own piety and his acceptance of the increasing wealth of ornament in his cathedral church , this most uncompromising of men stands where extremes meet , and embraces both .
24 Normal is neutral ; abnormal embraces both extremes , the morally good and the morally bad .
25 Action was called for in matters both of housing quality and quantity , and of distribution according to need .
26 His ambitious score contains within each of its four substantial , trenchantly argued movements both portraits of , and tributes to , many of his close friends who have died of Aids .
27 But another feature in the projects noted is that they have elements both of research and development in them , and the work has been pursued not just with one school but usually with several concurrently .
28 This one is specifically aimed at Reef Tanks with invertebrates and consequently contains extra calcium and extra trace elements both of which are used up by reef creatures .
29 This frequent contact with families is given strong emphasis by the prison authorities , who see it as one of the key elements both of encouraging prisoners to participate and in preparing them for successful reintegration .
30 New Wave is the name of the company ; Aqua-Link the name of the filters ; and Sea-Max and Sea-Pro the name of the two models both of which incorporate extremely advanced features too numerous to mention here .
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