Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] both a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It should be both a dialogue with experience and a dialogue with living religions so that one can interpret and reinforce the other " ( p. 43 ) .
2 Those insights could not just be abandoned but no one could understand how something could be both a wave and a particle .
3 And if it were possible for you to decide that one of these options , one to eight , were to suit your regular and usual purposes at these meetings for general discussion then that obviously would be both a saving in erm time and labour and is one of the reasons why one installs computerized equipment so that you do n't er then have to do it all manually as well .
4 ‘ My move from accountancy to law will be both a challenge and a change of emphasis ’ said Mr Toghill , ‘ I am aware of the present employment difficulties in the profession .
5 Skilful lobbying has meant that its place has been taken by wrestling on the curious promise that there will be both a men 's and women 's competition in 1994 even though women have never established a real presence in freestyle wrestling as they have in judo .
6 They will be both a force for stability and a force for change in the next Parliament whatever role we play . ’
7 I was quite sorry to do so because I liked the manufacturing process very much indeed , but I do n't believe you can be both a manufacturer and a retailer .
8 For example , a 30 second live report which is due to take place at the same time as Martina Navratilova is about to serve for the match can be both a reporter 's dream and a producer 's nightmare .
9 The water can be both a barrier to our travel and a pathway for our commerce .
10 Landscape and the sacred sites within it can be both an inspiration for art and the stage on which that artistic expression is played out .
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