Example sentences of "be [adj] both [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For these reasons students must be able both to identify and find parts of the discourse and to avoid wasting time on minute and irrelevant detail . |
| 2 | Thus , since nothing in the Constitution allows the Federal government to create a welfare system , whereby payments ( or payments in kind ) are made to the residents of the various States , a welfare state system could only be established either through Constitutional Amendment ( which would be difficult both to write and then to enact ) or through successful negotiation with the State governments . |
| 3 | Any property owner in this position should take immediate advice as action may be necessary both to ensure that the rateable value is as low as possible , and that maximum advantage is taken of the empty rate provisions . |
| 4 | Photographs can be expensive both to produce and to mail . |
| 5 | Science is thought of as a subject that is difficult both to teach and to learn . |
| 6 | Science is thought of as a subject that is difficult both to teach and to learn . |
| 7 | Moreover , in order to establish the significance to be attached to any particular statement , it is necessary both to consider and to understand the context in which it was made . |
| 8 | The resulting speech is unnatural both to produce and to comprehend . |
| 9 | A ship of war with its armament and equipment was costly both to produce and to maintain : even a moderate-sized naval squadron involved a concentration of expensive artillery far larger than that of any field army . |