Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] both a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results should provide both a critical guide to the existing literature and a coherent framework within which to interpret it . |
| 2 | The reference interview should ascertain both a clear subject profile and also other characteristics of the required documents or information , such as any constraints on date , language , source or level . |
| 3 | To survive , remain active and breed in areas where there is little or no rain and no open water at all , a creature must have both a watertight skin and a watertight egg . |
| 4 | By extending the solution back into regions II and III , it can be seen that the approaching waves must have both an impulsive component and a step component with variable polarization . |
| 5 | You could use both an ink and a paper that tones in with the pressed flowers , such as some lovely parchment and a sepia-coloured ink , with some pressed flowers in shades that are rich but evocative of days gone by . |
| 6 | Early trials suggested that Salters ' A-level chemistry application-linked material could provide both a foundation for the future and a complete course and that improved motivation and more autonomous learning styles reduced drop-outs . |
| 7 | As heir to the Disraelian belief in elevating the condition of the people and as a party seeking to enhance its image among working class voters , the Conservative Party could claim both a principled as well as a practical motive for maintaining the innovations of its predecessor . |
| 8 | ‘ My life 's insured by the department , ’ he explains to Felicity , ‘ so that if anything happens to me you 'd get both a lump sum and a regular income . |
| 9 | Occasionally a book has almost achieved immortality , like John Ruskin 's Stones of Venice , but even more modest books can call up the spirit of a place ; and a private letter may illuminate both a person and a work of art . |
| 10 | Many of the reformers of the 1870s and 1880s believed that women would earn both a new respect , if they could eschew the frivolities of fashion , and a new freedom which would liberate them to perform a useful role in society . |
| 11 | It aims to expand into an international festival which would perform both a social function for local residents and act as a major tourist attraction . |
| 12 | So in empty space the field can not be fixed at exactly zero , because then it would have both a precise value ( zero ) and a precise rate of change ( also zero ) . |
| 13 | These packages will introduce both a European dimension and language learning to the existing course . |
| 14 | For this you will need both a plain writing nozzle and a basket-weave nozzle . |
| 15 | It will include both a text to accompany future training courses , and a self-tutorial . |
| 16 | Any variation will generate both an audio and visual alarm at Grid Control . |
| 17 | This discussion is then broadened into an analysis of contingency or situational factors which will have both a general and a specific impact on individual company purchasing . |
| 18 | The Programme will have both a specific and a general relevance to current policy concerns . |
| 19 | THIS MONTH the government will publish both a policy White Paper and a draft of technical standards for the cabling of Britain in the next two or three years . |
| 20 | We can hope that with further growth and changes in the field will come both a more rigorous testing of new concepts and a greater interdisciplinary theoretical sophistication |
| 21 | United 's record goalscorer and now director , Bobby Charlton , believes Cantona will prove both a boon and a bargain . |
| 22 | This course component will adopt both a theoretical and a practical approach . |
| 23 | It is also , of course , a CD audio player and so purchasers will get both a Sony Discman and CD-I player combined in one device . |
| 24 | ‘ Some of the fears about large-scale immigration could in fact be self-fulfilling , since an antipathetic attitude towards incomers could create the conditions of dissatisfaction and unhappiness amongst immigrants that will cause both a high turnover and disharmony between Shetlanders and immigrants … ’ |
| 25 | An approach to the material world — research — can yield both a theoretical alternative and a concrete rebuttal . |
| 26 | ‘ Flying planes can be dangerous ’ is the type-sentence of semantic ambiguity because it can yield both a passive and an active interpretation , and here a variation is used to demonstrate the danger of paying too much attention to public opinion . |
| 27 | So the same hardware can provide both a " multiply " and a " multiply-and-add " instruction , depending upon whether or not the initial partial product is zero . |
| 28 | According to the report , CFCs can have both a warming and a cooling effect ( through ozone depletion ) on the atmosphere . |
| 29 | ‘ There is one retort still left , ’ writes Bramah , ‘ whereby to confound the non-existence and the dualists alike — I can produce both a Kai Lung and a Max Carrados between one pair of covers — and here they are . ’ |
| 30 | However , the theory allows that a statement can express both a belief and an attitude . |