Example sentences of "be that [art] whole [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it may well be that the whole balance of things is that we 're generally okay for the moment but it seems to me that as time goes on and there 's a need to review plans and there 's a need to make further provision that it would be very very difficult indeed against a blanket policy as opposed to individual justifications around ind er individual settlements . |
| 2 | The overt expression of that passivity and self-condemnation is that a whole range of the voices of public opinion are on the side of what you and I call the criminals . |
| 3 | What has not been adequately appreciated , however , is that a whole constellation of social forces — high infant mortality rates , loss of mother 's income , the fluctuating utility of child labour — could equally well encourage fertility control . |
| 4 | What is apt to happen when we strike a solid is that a whole series of stress waves radiate from the point of impact and move off into the body of the material . |
| 5 | Yes , well , I particularly welcome this erm concentration on areas , I think it 's an excellent idea , particularly in relation to housing , I think what we will find interesting is that a whole number of Oxford citizens , perhaps indeed from Barton , Blackbird Leys , Marston originally , who are badly housed in these areas and waiting in the most appalling accommodation for the opportunity of a council home . |
| 6 | What astonishes me is that the whole subject of injury from radiation seems to have been treated at the time with a casualness that approaches imbecility . |
| 7 | The industrial equivalent of fiddling while Rome burns is to spend hours of internal management time arguing about the allocation of costs between departments or divisions , when the real problem is that the whole cost of the operation is too high . |
| 8 | The point is that the whole idea of substance as an entity breaks down ; which is of course the opposite of what Spinoza originally intended . |