Example sentences of "[be] the whole [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had been the whole crux of Myra 's long-term problem . |
| 2 | Had the pattern of the King 's demise been different , so too might have been the whole shape of the end of Baldwin 's premiership . |
| 3 | Thought-disordered Speaker : Oh ! that 's because all women have a little bit of magic to them — I found that out — and it 's called — it 's sort of good magic — and nine is sort of a magic number + like I 've got nine colors here you will notice — I 've got yellow , green , blue , grey , orange , blue , and navy — and I 've got black — and I 've got a sort of clear white — the nine colors to me they are the whole universe — and they symbolize every man , woman and child in the world + |
| 4 | In Three Coins in the Fountain ( 1954 ) , the Roman backgrounds are the whole point of the story , not just for the audience but also for the Romanian-born director Jean Negulesco ( Romanian is the only Latin language of Eastern Europe ) and , most important , for the three American girls ( Dorothy McGuire , Jean Peters , and Maggie McNamara ) who throw coins in the massively theatrical Trevi fountain in the hope of romance rather than simply of returning to Rome — which , indeed , gave its very name to romance . |
| 5 | The introduction There are hundred of stars that shine there are hundred of fish in the sea , there are hundreds of people the whole world over , there 's only one mother for me , only one mother for me , I love her and she loves me , there are and shells on the shore , there are and shells on the beach there are the whole world over but there 's only one mother for me . |
| 6 | Erm and this seems to be the whole kind of class of which the government is coming to this this document . |
| 7 | The ‘ Parliament ’ referred to there is obviously the Westminster Parliament and by implication the ‘ country ’ must be the whole territory legislated for by that Parliament , that is , the UK as a whole including Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | And against this jaded , depleted army would be the whole resources of Thorfinn 's kingdom , from Moray south to the Forth , fresh and waiting . |
| 9 | And what we tell here may not even be the whole story . |
| 10 | But it can not be the whole story . |
| 11 | Yes , but again this can not be the whole story because sometimes the food in question is identical to the previous meal , which was consumed greedily . |
| 12 | But this can not be the whole story , for David Rhodes and others have discovered that this communication can even take place from tree to tree , where there is no root or other physical contact . |
| 13 | But Lakoff 's particular academic training can not be the whole story . |
| 14 | But atavism can not be the whole story . |
| 15 | I knew that what she told me could n't be the whole story . |
| 16 | Yes , but can that just be the income , or has it to be the whole capital ? |
| 17 | The ‘ insuperable logical difficulty ’ to which James refers can not be the whole explanation , since it appears as a difficulty only if the general conceptual background of the local sign theory is granted . |
| 18 | Its considerable size — population about 2,500 — certainly can not be the whole explanation , for a much smaller place could display a more distinctive social structure . |
| 19 | The propaganda onslaught by the Tories and private business interests must have helped to discredit nationalisation , but this can not be the whole explanation . |
| 20 | But again , and in more than one sense , we see too much of Bloom for that to be the whole explanation . |
| 21 | To go on to say that " they are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty " is also true but this may not be the whole truth . |
| 22 | So er what they get , what one person gets may well be true but it 'll wo n't be the whole truth . |
| 23 | I 'm so far up the creek myself that when they throw the book at me it 'll be the whole library . |
| 24 | These explanations can not be the whole answer , however , because it still remains to be explained why it is that human females are much more prone to ailurophobia than human males . |
| 25 | By selecting for a sample a definite " quota " which reflects the proportion of different types of people in the target population , which can , of course , be the whole population , we have , prima facie , reason to assume the sample as representative . |
| 26 | I think it really needs to be the whole photograph needs to be given more strength on making more of this post here . |
| 27 | It must be the whole lot of them , the whole flock and there were hundreds in the field . |
| 28 | I said be the whole lot of it ! |
| 29 | With regard to ‘ stacking it high ’ , I understood this to be the whole point of a DIY superstore where stock is virtually guaranteed . |
| 30 | Sieving is an essential ingredient in the generation of living order , but it is very far from being the whole story . |