Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [prep] both [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly the ambition was in both cases the same : in a lecture which he gave soon after finishing The Cocktail Party he declared that he only wished to write plays " of contemporary life " . |
| 2 | The plan is for both units to work closely together . |
| 3 | The helpline is for both authorities . |
| 4 | A suitable compromise is for both parties to rely on the opinion of a leading Queen 's Counsel as to whether or not and to what extent the purchaser 's claim is likely to succeed . |
| 5 | Because the insect is on both sheets of glass , you can think of the two sheets as passing , at an angle , through each other . |
| 6 | Young Steg is in both positions at the same time ( a bit eye-watering if ya ask me ) , his hungry little T'yungunz — bless you ! — are HUNGRY . |
| 7 | The test of " a right to stay " on the land is in both cases , " Did that person possess the land in fact , while intending to use the land and to keep out the whole world ? " |
| 8 | Access by the public was in both cases technology driven . |
| 9 | Hawksmoor , who had already had a great deal of experience as an architect , was brought in as clerk of works and it is quite likely that the design was by both men . |