Example sentences of "were both [vb pp] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the second group , A was always followed by events having comparable strength ( X and Y were both reinforced on 50 per cent of occasions ) . |
| 2 | In its concern with manipulation , classical criminology was fully compatible with its successor , positivist criminology ; they were both based on the belief that the primary purpose of the penal system was to control crime . |
| 3 | Classification of the disease course ( remission/mild , moderate or severe ) and calculation of the mean stool frequency were both based on the highest level of disease activity experienced during the entire study . |
| 4 | Scots Guards Mark Wright , 19 , and James Fisher , 24 , were both remanded on 2,000 bail into secure military custody . |
| 5 | Furthermore , repeated wars have demonstrated the inability of outsiders to contain the virulence of the conflict once they felt this was desirable , except when the superpowers were both agreed on the necessity to rein in their clients . |
| 6 | Any retrospective rule change would place a question mark over the reselections of Mr George Galloway in Glasgow Hillhead and Mr Ron Brown in Edinburgh Leith , who were both nominated on a majority of trade union votes . |
| 7 | She talks about the Labeque relationship , about how she and her sister trained separately at Paris Conservatoire , and how , in their teens , when they were both set on solo careers , they would never have dreamed of playing duets . |
| 8 | Winnie Mandela and Xoliswa Falati , who was also imprisoned for six years , were both released on bail pending an application for leave to appeal . |
| 9 | However , Shbeilat and Qarrash were both released on Nov. 15 as part of a general amnesty to mark King Hussein 's birthday . |
| 10 | The two boys aged 15 and 16 were both released on unconditional bail pending another hearing next week . |
| 11 | They were both released on conditional bail until March 26 . |
| 12 | The following items were both found on pasture-land . |