Example sentences of "[noun prp] be both [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 County Cork is both blessed and cursed with a magnificent harbour .
2 The lights in Broad Street are both corroded and obsolete .
3 Lipski was both shocked and impressed by the offer .
4 The 7.05 from Hartlepool to Darlington and the 7.57 from Darlington to Hartlepool were both cancelled and passengers transferred to buses .
5 God was both cause and cure of affliction .
6 The popularity of these programmes among the section police in Easton is both cause and effect of the evaluations they make of their work .
7 Edam and Gouda are both eaten as table cheeses and used for cooking , when they melt readily .
8 A. and B. are both counted as complete , with zygomatic region intact ; C. is a broken skull with zygomatic intact ; and D. is a maxilla fragment lacking the zygomatic process .
9 The charge of gratuitousness was , in Alistair 's view , safely anticipated by Brad 's valediction to her remains , in which sanguinary revenge on the Nebulans was both prefigured and legitimized .
10 Polly was both infuriated and unnerved .
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