Example sentences of "[v-ing] both [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was little debate on the clause but what little there was displayed a lack of understanding both about the legal significance of Morgan and its implications for women . |
| 2 | Oates ( 1985 ) , among others , offers some counter-arguments and finds the empirical evidence lacking both at the international level and in the state-local sectors in the USA . |
| 3 | John Allen , a man experienced in straight theatre , children 's theatre and radio , who , although deeply impressed by the high quality of movement teaching both in the regular D.E.S . |
| 4 | The USA was to contribute US$25,000,000 ; funding both for the new science centre , and for help in moving and storing nuclear warheads safely , would come out of a US$400,000,000 fund approved by Congress in 1991 to help dismantle and remove Soviet nuclear weapons . |
| 5 | They are concerned with giving both to the younger ones coming up behind them and the older ones ahead , who are nearing the end of life . |
| 6 | Everyone in the board room was either clearing his throat , or shifting position in his seat , or doing both at the same time , which is actually rather difficult . |
| 7 | Slater was silent for a second , gazing disdainfully at Graham 's snapping fingers , then he said tiredly , " Graham , either concentrate on searching for the title of the book you 're talking about or devote your full energies to practising calling for a waiter ; I 'm not convinced you possess the RAM for doing both at the same time . " |
| 8 | Both the philosophy of Kierkegaard and the novels of Dostoievsky spoke directly to his own questions by pointing to the tyranny of power , the pretensions of institutionalised Christianity , and contrasting both with the vital depths of human experience and need and the infinity of God . |