Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] a whole " in BNC.

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1 As an example , contrast a contract to paint the whole of a house , but containing a clause exempting the contractor from liability if he fails to paint certain parts ( caught under s 3(2) ( a ) ) , and a contract to paint a whole house with the exception of certain parts ( not caught ) .
2 It was twofold : first , the material of the book had a Wagnerian stimulus behind it and a discernible " Wagnerian connection " ; and secondly , the decision to write a whole book on the basis of that material was prompted by Wagner 's personal advocacy .
3 In many areas , elephant conservation will only succeed as part of a wider programme to protect a whole environment .
4 Headquarters was fully aware of the need to provide as much protection as possible and Stirling submitted a plan to mount a whole series of raids on airfields on the night of 13 June , mainly making use of the Free French who were longing to get to grips with the enemy .
5 It would seem to be inappropriate for the criminal law to remove a whole category of persons from its protection on the basis of words spoken at a ceremony of marriage which have no binding force .
6 This discreteness is due to the need to fit a whole number of half wavelengths along the length of the string , for which there is obviously only an enumerable number of possibilities .
7 This was , perhaps , because there was an increasing number of women readers with leisure to spend a whole afternoon buried in a book from the lending library , institutions which flourished mightily in the years between 1918 and 1945 and even somewhat later .
8 They sent up a thick screen of flak between the Goshawk planes and the second balloon , damning anyone who tried to break through The usual haphazard spray of machine-gun fire sprinkled the air , inaccurate and half-spent at that height , but it only needed one bulletin the head to destroy a whole aircraft .
9 The lucky winners of our four-part competition will have a head start , for furniture manufacturer Olympus is giving Ideal Home readers a chance to create a whole new look for their bedroom .
10 In The Alchemist Subtle and Face use all the obfuscations of the spagyrical art to deceive a whole cross-section of Jacobean society , from the tradesman Abel Drugger , anxious to establish his business , to Sir Epicure Mammon , that decadent blend of Marlovian hero and would-be Roman emperor .
11 We have only one chance a month to cover a whole range of problems that are relevant to the people of Wales .
12 Studying David Allsop 's funny new Bluff Your Way In Skiing ( Ravette , £2.50 ) will provide them with enough ammunition to last a whole season .
13 Coming second , particularly to a course they once owned , is not a little irksome to the amiable Richard Muddle , a former Flat jockey , who allied his vast international racing experience to his father 's business acumen to bring a whole new concept of sound commercial practice to racecourse management in this country .
14 It caps Eastwood 's own career as the metaphysical presence in Hollywood 's most all embracing genre — and gives KIM NEWMAN an excuse to re-spool a whole wagon-train load of Oater classics
15 Harry has the space to store a whole season 's crop with ease
16 Hastings Sea Life Centre takes you on a journey beneath the crashing waves that surround our coastline to discover a whole new world …
17 One of the most valuable outcomes of this initially prescriptive and limiting legislation is the opportunity to take a whole school view of curriculum planning and delivery .
18 The manufacturer could impose full-line forcing , obliging the retailer to take a whole range of its products if it takes one , or tie-in sales , no X sold without Y. It could impose exclusive purchasing ( no products of a certain description to be bought from anywhere but itself ) , and may offer selective and exclusive distribution agreements ( suppliers have to meet certain criteria in order to be selected to distribute a product , and may be offered an exclusive territory or even absolute territorial protection ) .
19 Waggoner eventually concluded that the only way to see a whole tournament is to go to it for the entire week .
20 What makes people effective in organizations is the ability to create a whole set of backers and supporters , specifically for projects of innovative activities , that helps lend the power necessary to vitalize those activities .
21 Your and Mrs Vaughan 's support will strengthen our ability to tackle a whole range of pressing issues .
22 " In order to run a whole group drama effectively you have to be not only very experienced , but also very charismatic . "
23 As well as using the linguistic concepts of sign and system to analyze structures at various levels of a text , the structuralists returned to Saussure 's distinction between langue and parole in order to outline a whole new approach to literature .
24 The Alpha 's ability to delete a whole effect from a patch ( or add another ) is a godsend , and I found it useful to dispense with the equaliser , which worked for some sounds but definitely not for others .
25 One possibility extended Paley 's version of the argument from design to include a whole sequence of creations , each adapted to the prevailing conditions of the time .
26 One of the most highly prized plants of ancient China was the mo-lu-hwa , a species of jasmine ; just one bloom has the power to perfume a whole room .
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