Example sentences of "[adj] both to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Mossop , faithful both to preference and history , remained in the car whilst Harry walked up the front path , trying to ignore the ravenous alsatian growling and tearing at the neighbour 's fence .
2 The instrument of resurrection was to be the turnpike. this custom prevailing , 't is more than probable , that our posterity may see the roads all over England restored in their time to such a perfection , that travelling and carriage of goods will be much more easy both to man and horse than ever it was since the Romans lost this island .
3 I believe that it is due both to privatisation and to the benefits of restructuring , especially in the electricity industry .
4 The project has now been cancelled , despite continuing support from local politicians , due both to lack of funds and studies which showed that it would operate at only 25 per cent of capacity in winter , when electricity demand is highest .
5 Because ‘ energy and matter are fundamental both to physics and chemistry ’ , it can be argued that physics and chemistry are not completely different subjects , but part of one body of knowledge .
6 Structuralists trace it to the workings of a permanent arms economy , necessary both to capitalism and to state capitalism .
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