How to Use on both counts in a Sentence

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  • The Razorbacks pleased their coaches on both counts over three days.
    — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2022
  • If convicted on both counts, Jones could be sentenced up to 25 years in prison.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Gutierrez-Reed faces up to three years in jail if convicted on both counts.
    — Chloe Melas, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • If convicted on both counts, Gutierrez Reed faces up to three years in prison.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But by the end of the five-week Senate trial, Clinton was acquitted on both counts.
    — Stephanie Toone, ajc, 11 Jan. 2021
  • That’s a claim that others would argue is overstated on both counts.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
  • McGinnis, 47, went to trial and was convicted on both counts.
    — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 31 May 2023
  • Toomin found Baker guilty on both counts and initially sentenced him to 18 years in prison but later reduced the term to 14 years.
    — Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Bauer said 45 years in the NFL have taught him that having no turnovers and winning in special teams — as the Jets did, on both counts — will bring home the victory at a high rate.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2020
  • But last year the case fell apart, as the virus was cleared on both counts by two separate studies, both published on September 18.
    — Mary Beth Griggs, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2013
  • In 2012, a Shawnee County jury convicted her on both counts.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Overall, in terms of ratings, the show has been well-received by both critics and fans (with scores above 90% on both counts via Rotten Tomatoes).
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 12 Jan. 2022
  • This season has been successful on both counts for Ellington.
    — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Scott Corley sentenced him to the maximum term on both counts, but to be served concurrently for a total of 30 years.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
  • The detective concluded Nagy lied on both counts, his report shows.
    — Gus Garcia-Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2023
  • If convicted on both counts, Lee faces up to three years in state prison and one year in the Orange County Jail, the district attorney’s office said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Liggins was convicted on both counts and later sentenced to about 10½ years in prison, according to the ruling.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Scott Corley sentenced him to the maximum term on both counts, but ordered him to serve them concurrently for a total of 30 years.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
  • This walk-to-the-slopes mountain contemporary delivers on both counts.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Unless nuclear nations do better on both counts, this list is likely to grow.
    — Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2021
  • In the trial that took place last year, litigating her 2022 lawsuit, Trump declined to attend or even present a defense and was found liable on both counts.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The mass of remote work brought on by the pandemic has some positive effects for organizations on both counts.
    — Louis Gritzo, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
  • In 2019, an eight-person jury convicted Khorrami on both counts and sentenced him to two months in jail and two years on supervised probation.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The commonwealth's attorney's office has said Edwards, if convicted on both counts, faces a possible prison sentence of up to 25 years.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Probably no on both counts — at least, not purposeful in the sense of being an overarching strategy.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 13 Nov. 2022
  • In their appellate filing, prosecutors said Russo was wrong on both counts.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Despite their distinctive look, they are not used effectively for horror or hilarity, missing the mark on both counts.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The jury deliberated less than 90 minutes before returning a guilty verdict on both counts.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • The two Stalins in Harlan’s garden qualify on both counts, in part because so many representations of the moustachioed monster were destroyed after his death, as if to erase all prompts to memory.
    — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • In rejecting the plea agreements, Thao and Keung are risking state sentences that could be significantly longer than their federal sentences if they're convicted on both counts.
    — Steve Karnowski, ajc, 15 Aug. 2022

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