Example sentences of "[prep] both [noun pl] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A vegetarian 's challenge to a farmer to live like a battery chicken for a week has ended in farce after both sides accused the other of backing out . |
| 2 | The thaw in US-Soviet relations and the unwillingness of both super-powers to prolong the war led to the first publicly acknowledged round of talks between Najibullah and sections of the mujaheddin alliance in November [ see p. 37855 ] . |
| 3 | The centre of both versions had the arms of Guildford on a shield within a start , enclosed in a band carrying the battalion 's title . |
| 4 | The trouble started when ill-feeling over ticket allocations threatened to turn to violence as supporters of both sides braved the cold to make sure of their seats . |
| 5 | It is in the interests of both sexes to maximise the amount of contact with the opposite sex . |
| 6 | Crested auklets of both sexes approached the models as in natural courtship encounters , performing four types of stereotyped courtship display ( arch , hunch , ruff-sniff and touch ) to opposite sex models . |
| 7 | The port principally connected with this was Bristol , and it may have been the existence of surplus tonnage that led its seamen to turn their attention to new ventures in the fifteenth century , including both attempts to penetrate the Mediterranean trade and the later voyages into the Atlantic . |
| 8 | The final part of the operation was a departure at 0815 from Machynlleth with both engines hauling the Network South East coaches and Severn Valley support coaches to Shrewsbury . |
| 9 | Most of the game is spent in mutual cooperation , with both players enjoying the consequent generous score . |
| 10 | A bit raffish in her carelessness she stood with both feet trampling the heap of clothes until her head emerged from the muffling of the white , over-ribboned , nightgown . |
| 11 | It was a poor match for the 1,019 crowd to endure and with both sides using the big boot upfield on the sloping pitch , it was n't a game for the purists . |
| 12 | The ideal balance sheet — with both sides showing the same figure at the end — produced the expression ‘ making ends meet , ’ in which ‘ meet ’ is used in its oldest sense of ‘ right and fitting ’ . |
| 13 | A split-vote was recorded , with both sides commending the interesting and informative content of the journal . |
| 14 | The 20-year-old , a Hampshire regular , seized his opportunity with both hands to take the trophy , winning a four-way play-off with a birdie three at the daunting 455-yard 10th , the first hole of sudden-death . |
| 15 | She bent , scraped away some soil and with both hands grasped the top of the root and pulled . |
| 16 | With both hands gripping the shin I commanded : ‘ In Jesus ’ name be healed ! ’ |
| 17 | Radulfus mounted the three shallow steps , and with both hands opened the Gospels , his eyes fixed above , upon the cross , so that he might not calculate where , on the exposed page , his finger should rest . |
| 18 | As a result of these concerns , there has been a major drive in both countries to reduce the burden placed on state finances by public enterprises . |
| 19 | Afro-Caribbean communities in the UK are stereotyped as economic underachievers whilst the same ‘ ethnic group ’ in the USA are often described by the dangerous caricature of ‘ Black Jews ’ because of their economic successes , with attempts made in both cases to trace the success/failure to the cultural proclivities of the group itself . |
| 20 | The Israeli and SLA response in both cases involved the shelling of villages to the north . |
| 21 | Labour activists in both constituencies believe the organisation Conservatives Abroad is probably correct in its claim that Tory supporters account for at least 80 per cent of the registered overseas electors . |
| 22 | Evidence from both cities supports the contention that the informal sector in services and labour intensive manufacturing is growing alongside the higher status sectors of the economy . |
| 23 | ‘ There seems to be some confusion about which system does what , ’ he said , ‘ I think there needs to be a strenuous marketing exercise from both companies to explain the advantages of their systems to the trade . ’ |
| 24 | A stream of cars from both directions blocked the Ford and it had to stop , fuming . |
| 25 | On balance , the public felt that bias on both channels favoured the Conservative party and the Conservative party alone . |
| 26 | On balance , people felt the bias on both channels favoured the Conservative party and the Conservative party alone . |
| 27 | These expectations on both sides make the length of a doctor 's appointment reasonably easy to predict . |
| 28 | And still to come , a peace vigil in Belfast , speakers urge terrorists on both sides to leave the community alone . |
| 29 | Sitting down together to work out what are reasonable contributions to the relationship on both sides satisfies the teenager 's sense of fairness and cuts out the constant nagging , pleading and resentment that so quickly sours the good relationship that parents and children need to enjoy together . |
| 30 | On three separate occasions before the war he had taken part in manoeuvres dedicated to the capture of Verdun , and each had ended with the conclusion that the attack would have to be made simultaneously on both banks to obviate the danger of flanking fire . |