Example sentences of "it [was/were] both a " in BNC.
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1 | This hardly won instant acclaim , but it was both a wise decision which in 1985 was fully vindicated and the decision of a strong leader . |
2 | It was both a health resort and a winter retreat for the rich and influential of the day . |
3 | Here in the Abu Dhabi/Al Ain area it was both a statement and a signature used only by those whose lives were rooted in the place . |
4 | It was both a question and a statement and we both smiled , for we both knew the answer . |
5 | It was both a defence of translation of the Bible and an assertion of the loyalty of the Reformers to the state . |
6 | It was both a spiritual autobiography and a justification of his right to preach . |
7 | To me it was both an ending and a beginning . |
8 | It was both an acknowledgement and an easing of the exquisite — almost intolerable tension that had been built up between them . |