Example sentences of "[prep] the whole [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A similar scheme is used for phase Band the situation for the whole machine is summarised in the Table 1.2 . |
| 2 | ‘ I shall get into something comfortable , ’ she said , ‘ and then I sha n't want anything for the whole afternoon . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Great ! ’ he said , ‘ The old bugger left me in charge of the shop for the whole afternoon . |
| 4 | Thank you very much , please do stay with us either for the whole afternoon , or certainly for the next |
| 5 | Er i and it was given that image by pointing the cameras at at at the flats , and then spieling off the crime figures for the whole subdivision . |
| 6 | Although many of the group would still be under 25 in the years 191418 , there are only 16 brides under 25 during the period , whereas in 1911–12 alone there were 15 brides under 25.22 ( One must of course bear in mind that these figures represent only the retrievable fragments of the marriage pattern for the whole sample . ) |
| 7 | Success rates are provided for the whole sample taking the test items , not for the three attainment bands defined in Chapter 3 ( pp. 27–40 ) . |
| 8 | This will be valid for small savers but not for the whole currency . |
| 9 | The window was barred on the outside but this did not seem unreasonable as there was only one thin wall of barbed wire as defence for the whole camp . |
| 10 | It 's the main water supply for the whole camp , for us and for the barracks . |
| 11 | They have allowed just over 100 days for the whole journey , which is raising money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society . |
| 12 | Adventurers who want to reach the Castle have to contemplate mountain travel in fairly indifferent terrain , which counts as difficult ground for the whole journey . |
| 13 | Despite our strong protestations , this was to be the pattern of " flight or slaughter " for the whole journey . |
| 14 | Fourth , if a cycle reservation fee is required , then it must be valid for the whole journey including changes of operator . |
| 15 | I wanted to talk to you for the whole journey , but I could n't let you know that , so I just sat there thinking , I 've got to touch her … |
| 16 | Instead , Fleury looked to his armament , which was impressive ; it included a sabre , unbearably sharp , a couple of wavy-bladed daggers from Malaya , and another , Indian , dagger like one of those that Hari had shown him , with two blades and a handle for the whole fist , like that of a hand-saw . |
| 17 | The food was predictably stodgy — steak pie or fish fried in batter , chips , boiled cabbage and tinned peas , sponge pudding and custard — but it was astonishingly cheap : 50p for the whole menu . |
| 18 | Each file header contains data for the whole assembly described , the super box excursions and the nodal position . |
| 19 | As for the other four schools , the absence of a clear commitment does not mean that proposals were exclusively concentrated on a narrow aspect of the curriculum , but rather that their concern for the whole curriculum was either implied or assumed . |
| 20 | The aspects of the curriculum which received specific attention ( albeit in the context of an expressed concern for the whole curriculum ) varied from school to school . |
| 21 | While some tests provide summary scores which reflect success and failure on different items , other tests make it possible to derive a numerical score for the whole test which reflects an individual 's test performance relative to that of other individuals . |
| 22 | The class I go to on Monday evenings erm we do warming up exercises and I 'd be quite happy if they just stayed warming up exercises for the whole hour . |
| 23 | During fitting out , provision was made for the whole floor ( which includes What Personal Computer 's sister titles — PC User and Which Computer ? ) to be properly cabled up , ready to be networked . |
| 24 | The same increasing central control and rationalization can be seen also in the introduction in 1720 of a regular tariff for the purchase of commissions ; in the 1750s of the custom of numbering regiments rather than referring to them by their colonel 's name ; and in 1792 of a common system of drill , based on that of Prussia , for the whole army . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , in the case of contract hire of motor vehicles , the requirement of durability for the whole contract period is often expressly incorporated in the contract where , of course , the hirer pays extra in terms of rentals for facilities such as servicing and the provision for a replacement vehicle . |
| 26 | Casteleyn observed that ‘ Smaller libraries may not need a full-time training officer but may be able to benefit from the advice of a training officer employed to develop training centrally for the whole organisation ’ , and suggested that ‘ smaller authorities who were unlikely to have their own training officers should look to their authority 's training department for support ’ but it seems that in practice , smaller libraries are least likely to have an existing strong centre of training expertise to turn to . |
| 27 | While some purpose-made waterproof liners are available the cheapest and easiest insurance is provided by plastic bags , either a bin liner for the whole sack or smaller plastic bags to protect individual items of gear . |
| 28 | My heart bleeds for the whole misunderstanding but it bleeds most for Diana . ’ |
| 29 | For the whole sector it is much in line with the overall growth of GDP , but it is noteworthy that between 1951 and 1964 insurance , and banking and finance grew by nearly 50 per cent faster than GDP and between 1964 and 1973 by just over 90 per cent [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
| 30 | Inevitably , New Historicist case studies of specific texts and specific contexts start to feel like metaphors for the whole culture . |