Example sentences of "which [was/were] both a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , perhaps , the female equivalent of the alchemists ' gold , the ‘ Philosopher 's Stone ’ , the elixir which was both a product of transformation itself ( made from base matter ) and had the power of creating further gold from primitive materials . |
| 2 | Central to both Catholic doctrinal belief and the public life of the local community was the regular weekly mass , attendance at which was both a legal and religious obligation upon all the laity . |
| 3 | As Bishop Thomas Brinton of Rochester said when preaching at the time of the Black Prince 's death in the summer of 1376 , it was part of a knight 's duty to help his king in time of war ; failure to do so meant loss of the right to be called a knight , which was both a sign of honour and a mark of responsibility which had to be lived up to . |
| 4 | It had become as comforting and necessary as a religious ritual , the brief preliminary washing which was like a dedication , the final ablution which was both a necessary chore and an absolution , as if by wiping the smell of his job from his body he could cleanse it from his mind . |
| 5 | By s.24 goods are stolen for the purposes of handling if any one or four conditions is fulfilled : ( a ) they have been stolen contrary to s.1 ; ( b ) they have been obtained by deception contrary to s.15 ; ( c ) they have been obtained by blackmail contrary to s.21 ; ( d ) they have been subject to an act done in a foreign country which was both a crime in that country and had it occurred in England , would have been theft , obtaining by deception , or blackmail in this country . |