Example sentences of "it [verb] the whole [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Could I point out to members that we did have er written replies to try and speed up the question process , could I ask members both in asking the question and especially in answering , not to make it another speech occasion because otherwise it destroys the whole purpose of having the written replies .
2 Like a forest fire , it started from the individual and grew outwards until it enveloped the whole area of monastic patrons and friends and dependants .
3 Slater echoed industry doubts about Intel 's commitment to the unsuccessful device , which Olivetti was going to use to build a workstation until the last minute when it scrapped the whole project in favour of DEC 's Alpha ( UX No 390 ) .
4 It covers the whole area inside the M25 , but concentrates on the centre of London .
5 For an instant it filled the whole world with noise and fear .
6 It embraces the whole spectrum of WACC 's activities , including areas which were identified as priorities by over 450 communicators attending the Manila congress in 1989 .
7 It embraces the whole range of sexual activities , making the minimum changes necessary to make them safer .
8 It commanded the whole area of the golf links .
9 It concerns the whole matter of judicial control over ministerial discretion .
10 However if you say erm oh well you know erm boys will be boys that 's natural , tha that sounds as if you 're kind of making excuses for them and condoning them , so I think you 've got to be very careful about how you use the word natural and clearly it raises the whole question of how far you can , you can push erm cultural ideals against natural constraints an and what really is the issue .
11 It keeps the whole roof in position and transmits its weight , and the considerable windloadings it is subjected to , through the walls and down to the foundations .
12 No apparently it takes the whole top of it
13 The Franco-German axis styles itself as the leading force in the Community and , while both countries make explicit reference to their special relationship in speeches in each other 's countries , the primacy of this alliance is clearly played down in the other countries of the EC , not least because it negates the whole point of having a community .
14 It is worthwhile taking a moment to look at regulation 4 because it governs the whole attitude of the AlB towards its responsibilities .
15 Instead of letting structural details determine the interior style , Jon and Catherine Edgson prefer to start with the inside , so that it dictates the whole look of the house .
16 However , where an authority considered that a particular course was essential to the national or regional interest but regarded the cost as excessive , it could propose to the AFEC that it covered the whole cost of that course .
17 OK , it 's fun to have that many people together , but it lost the whole meaning of the scene .
18 And it tends to be used in terms of the tolerances that we 've got on our drawings the word quality which has been amplified into the arena where we may actually use it to describe the whole management of the operation , not the management of the , or the second part of the tolerance of the specification .
19 Overlooking both , as it overlooked the whole valley of Cuzco , were the awesome ramparts of Sacsayhuaman , the teeth of the puma which legend has it cost thirty thousand lives to build .
20 If you want to know , it completed the whole exercise for me , the first time , while I was out to lunch .
21 Put in a nutshell , it puts the whole concept of justice into jeopardy .
22 But this business of the missing ship and what lies behind it puts the whole negotiation in jeopardy .
23 The second item of erm correspondence is from Bromley 's Bromley 's Social Services , if you remember , we 've got this on going campaign on home helps and along side that we 've got erm , we did hear of t his home shopping erm campaign that Bromley do , apparently quite successfully , the MP has mentioned that , so I thought I 'd get some details of that erm , it gives the whole procedure for , for the er shopping and the delivery and the Social Services pay out for it , they pay a charge , erm if you 'd like this copied , I could get copies for the next meeting , but meanwhile I 'd recommend that erm we take it up with Benefits Action tomorrow on the campaign .
24 It sparked the whole development of microwave radar and constituted the most important item in reverse Lease-lend . ’
25 Yet probably The Rock relies on a form too close to extinction at the time for it to bring the whole revue to life .
26 It comprises the whole history of the people of Israel until the coming of the Messiah .
27 At first , it swept the whole side of the mountain , and , charging itself with all the rubbish it found there , made its way into the vale , following chiefly the direction of the Lissa .
28 It brings the whole atmosphere of the period , as well as the work itself , alive .
29 The EVA wedge at the heel gives good shock absorption , but I wish it travelled the whole length of the boot as I find the balls of my feet get sore after a long day on the hill .
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