Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] both a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Destutt 's science of ideas was both a scientific study and an aid to policy making through identifying errors in understanding the ways of the world ( Lichtheim 1967 : 8 ) . |
| 2 | The approach adopted by the Board and its parent bodies was both a response to the Crick recommendations and acceptable to the appropriate institutes for exemption and to the employers . |
| 3 | And when the babies were both a ripe four-plus , and she did indeed go off to Peking and left them with me , the ensuing fun made me wonder sometimes whether I was their father , which is no question to put , since the answer should be proffered , I suppose . |
| 4 | It recognized that forests were both a national resource in the sense of providing timber , food and fuel , for the country concerned , and a global resource , valuable both as a " bank " of genetic diversity ( particularly plant-derived medicines ) , and as a " carbon sink " , absorbing CO2 which would otherwise contribute to the greenhouse effect . |
| 5 | It recognized that forests were both a national resource in the sense of providing timber , food and fuel , for the country concerned , and a global resource , valuable both as a " bank " of genetic diversity ( particularly plant-derived medicines ) , and as a " carbon sink , " absorbing CO2 which would otherwise contribute to the greenhouse effect . |
| 6 | The social interaction between the two groups was both a major benefit that emerged , and a major justification for the project . |