Example sentences of "by [noun pl] [prep] both [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly the official placed in a position of ‘ role-strain' between the demands of superiors and the expectations of the public , or of ‘ value conflict ’ between his or her own ideals and those embodied in policy , will be influenced by rewards of both kinds . |
| 2 | Note also that there are fewer sentence breaks in the Arabic version ( sentence breaks are highlighted by slashes in both texts ) . |
| 3 | Scotland 's position has been fully exposed recently by peers of both parties in the House of Lords where the Government , represented by Earl Howe , confirmed its determination to avoid causing ‘ unnecessary hardship ’ to the few part-time English drift-netters . |
| 4 | Health weeks , health fairs and specific campaigns such as ‘ Be better hearted ’ , ‘ Be fit ’ , ‘ Be all you can be ’ , ‘ Happy Heart ’ and ‘ Smokebusters ’ were mentioned by schools in both sectors as ways in which they promoted healthy practices . |
| 5 | A general strike by supporters of both sides ( but predominantly Hungarians ) had been called in surrounding regions and the Hungarian Prime Minister Miklós Németh sent a letter of protest to Bucharest and appealed to the UN to intervene . |
| 6 | Exit polls in all six states indicated , however , that Ross Perot , a Texan billionaire who was campaigning as an undeclared independent candidate , would be preferred to either Bush or Clinton by supporters of both parties , with the exception of Republican voters in Ohio . |
| 7 | Soon the Klausenpass hotel is reached and within another kilometre the pass summit of 1,948m ( 6,389ft ) , dominated by mountains on both sides . |
| 8 | This was to be drawn up by commissions of both parties in the belief that it would evolve into a " national agreement " , supported by the business and trade union sectors and other political parties , which would extend beyond the term of the current government . |
| 9 | The fear among many Muslim Lebanese , who might otherwise favour the departure of the Syrians , is that they would leave behind a power vacuum to be filled by warlords on both sides of the confessional divide . |
| 10 | The scuffling players were joined by officials of both sides , including Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan , who tried in vain to get his men away from the trouble . |
| 11 | This easing of border controls appeared to be an attempt by officials on both sides of the frontier to take the heat out of demands , expressed since the December 1989 Romanian revolution most vociferously by radical supporters of the Moldavian Popular Front , for Soviet Moldavia 's reunification with Romania . |
| 12 | Referee Alf Buksh is understood to have complained in his match report of being verbally abused by officials from both teams . |
| 13 | The size of the " yes " vote was greeted with delight by officials in both republics . |
| 14 | Whether or not these criticisms of inefficiency are valid is extremely difficult to assess , and the situation is complicated by repeated political interference by governments of both parties in the pricing , investment and employment decisions of nationalised industries , thereby concealing their real performance . |
| 15 | One of the reasons why the polytechnics have done so well in the past 21 years is that a clear decision was taken by Governments of both parties to separate funding and quality control . |
| 16 | But , given the meticulous planning now undertaken by terrorists on both sides , the potential for operations going disastrously wrong means siege situations are likely to remain the exception to the rule . |
| 17 | None of the islands was inhabited , nor were they often visited , except by woodcutters from both shores of the Straits who landed periodically to fell timber in the luxuriant tropical forests that clothed the islands . |
| 18 | The latest issue of The ARTnewsletter leads off with a report on tax bills , now being studied by committees in both houses of Congress , which are aimed at restoring the fiddle element to tax-deductible museum donations . |
| 19 | One apparent interstrand crosslink is defined by blockages from both directions at 5'-GC ( 37 of UV5 ) but could also derive in principle from two 5'-AG sequences , one on each strand flanking the central 5'-GC sequence . |
| 20 | A and B simultaneously fire guns and C is struck by bullets from both guns . |
| 21 | On Oct. 18 Iran and Iraq agreed to pardon and release those prisoners of war convicted on legal charges by tribunals in both countries . |
| 22 | The Beatles were courted by leaders of both parties : Harold Wilson won , corralling them at the Variety Club luncheon of 1964 , and ensuring their MBEs for export services — in late 1965 . |
| 23 | Thus , instead of raiding the countryside under cover of defending it , or stealing money to pay for horses and their harnesses , the nobility entered the royal service in large numbers in both England and France so that , ironically , ‘ the budget of the State was to some extent a budget of noble assistance ’ ; used by kings on both sides of the Channel to pay the nobility , among others , for their services in war . |
| 24 | The corralled women are emphatically at male disposal , though the contradictory figure of Helen is twisted into the torque of human hatreds by hands from both sides of the sexual divide . |
| 25 | It was a sentiment shared in full measure by combatants of both sides at Verdun . |
| 26 | It was music to our ears in a hospital staffed by women from both sides of the great Christian divide , and men of that ilk also . |
| 27 | A rally on Jan. 24 in Iasi ( Romania ) organized by the National Council of Reunification [ see p. 38657 ] was attended by parliamentarians from both countries . |