Example sentences of "it both [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Critics of regulation from the standpoint of economic theory can not have it both ways . |
| 32 | Since this shot occurs in two different scenes , maybe he tried it both ways , but it looks the same in each , tough repeated inspection fails to disclose conclusively which of the two possibilities it actually is . |
| 33 | ‘ Letting the man have it both ways at once . |
| 34 | She had no idea what she wanted , but it was n't a licence to have it both ways . |
| 35 | Did n't the Anglicans try and have it both ways ? |
| 36 | For men have always had it both ways : the begetting and the travail ( the travail which , as ‘ work ’ belongs to culture , but which as bearing and ‘ labour ’ belongs to nature ) ; the genius and the work ( the genius which is itself both passive possession and authoritative production ) , the penis and the womb . |
| 37 | The Minister can not have it both ways . |
| 38 | Fourth , pluralists try to have it both ways when interpreting the power significance of inactive interests and groups : they minimise the influence of the rich when they are inactive , but choose to exaggerate the influence of the poor unless they are inactive . |
| 39 | Well , you ca n't have it both ways . |
| 40 | He could n't have it both ways . |
| 41 | My right hon. Friends have not committed the Government to any position on tax , but I notice that , as usual , the right hon. Gentleman wants to have it both ways . |
| 42 | He can not have it both ways . |
| 43 | They claim that they have a mandate for doing that , too , but they can not have it both ways . |
| 44 | The Labour party can not have it both ways : it attacks the system either because it expects people to claim or because it requires a register . |
| 45 | The Secretary of State can not have it both ways . |
| 46 | He can not have it both ways . |
| 47 | The Opposition can not have it both ways . |
| 48 | As always , the Liberals try to have it both ways , but they are up against canny farmers . |
| 49 | I mean you ca n't have it both ways |
| 50 | Further , employers could not have it both ways ; if they sought summary conviction before justices of the peace , they could hardly have had penalties of a harshness imposable only by the courts . |
| 51 | Now you ca n't have it both ways , surely ? |
| 52 | We 're not asking R P G two has to have it both ways if if that idea is er is there at all . |
| 53 | previous track record in Europe , and Councillor , you ca n't have it both ways . |
| 54 | They ca n't have it both ways . |
| 55 | Well you ca er as with most academic questions , you can see it both ways . |
| 56 | The pragmatists , who would like to have it both ways , believe that raising taxes will bring any incipient recovery to a halt , by putting up prices and reducing the spending power of consumers , who already face the prospect of sharply falling pay settlements , which could well dip below inflation this year . |
| 57 | Well they ca n't have it both ways if they can afford to save money they can , but if they do n't , then stay in the centre |
| 58 | You ca n't have it both ways . |
| 59 | ‘ You dream about scoring at Anfield — but to do it both ends and to silence the Kop is a fantastic feeling . ’ |
| 60 | Thank you very much , you 've copped it both ends Mr |