Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since Croydon Corporation 's tramway system was leased to the B.E.T. , the fact that the Penge services and the Mitcham/Sutton services would be separated by about two miles of Corporation owned track was thought to be of little consequence and it was intended to work the whole system as one with lengthy through services , under the ‘ Croydon & District Tramways ’ fleet name . |
| 2 | The agency calls for radar to be installed to cover the whole Scottish coast , and says tanker masters should be required to report significant failures to the Coastguard immediately they happen . |
| 3 | The people , by this time , had also come to regret the whole incident and they beseeched him to stay . |
| 4 | There was n't the slightest sign that a few hours earlier she had collapsed in paroxysms of tears and seriously considered calling the whole thing off . |
| 5 | This even applies to listed buildings : there is still a worryingly widespread general belief that listing only covers the facade , or perhaps just the exterior , whereas it is of course expressly designed to protect the whole building . |
| 6 | These systems have to be designed to flood the whole warehouse to eaves level at every incident of fire and would cause considerable water damage to packaging and some commodities . |
| 7 | The code of military behaviour had come to permeate the whole world of knightly behaviour , not just the field of battle . |
| 8 | With few exceptions , however , social scientists have not yet come to regard the whole world as a legitimate object of knowledge . |
| 9 | We look after those little things , which make such a difference to your enjoyment … baby changing facilities , an exciting quiz trail designed to test the whole family , a free camera loan facility … and more ! |
| 10 | Also , the importance of signs was stressed to make the whole area more friendly . |
| 11 | That particular proposal was of interest only to the limited number of countries which have huissiers de justice , which prompted Professor Graveson when the issue was discussed in 1960 to express the traditional preference of the British Government for bilateral conventions , but the topic attracted more general interest and it was decided to re-examine the whole range of possibilities . |
| 12 | Brailsford was one of the few popular frontists prepared to go the whole hog and accept this . |
| 13 | The fallout was precipitated by an ACE members meet last Friday 24th , at which it was decided to de-emphasise the whole Intel side of the equation — at Intel 's own instigation it now appears ( see feature ) . |
| 14 | Internal control can be said to comprise the whole system of controls established by management , in order to : |
| 15 | In countries where too much moisture is more likely than too little , such as in northern Europe , steps are often taken to have portable shelters or covers available to keep parts of the site dry , and in some cases temporary structures are built to cover the whole site for the duration of the excavation . |
| 16 | It is clear that some variables in English do function in a very general way : for example , variation between the alveolar and velar nasal in the present participle ending ( ing ) is universal and can be said to mark the whole English-speaking world as a single speech community . |
| 17 | So you had you had twelve pennies in one pile and twelve in another and you 're doing twelve add twelve now you could have done counted the whole lot could n't you ? |
| 18 | There were many times in the past years when he had wondered why on earth he had involved himself with the Hochhauser Season , times when he was worried , exhausted , furious , and prepared to consign the whole company to hell . |
| 19 | However , at the next meeting of the North Wiltshire District Council 's Development and Planning Committee , a proposal was made to make the whole site a conservation area . |
| 20 | I have n't got to wait the whole week . |
| 21 | To help fashion the ‘ whole child ’ they have needed to know the whole child . |
| 22 | It is used to encompass the whole range of activities whereby goods of one sort or another are moved about between sites in the landscape . |
| 23 | Of course it 's Yours Truly that 's got to dust the whole kit and caboodle ! |
| 24 | What impressed them most was that ActionAid works with the people themselves to decide how the money should be used to help the whole community . |
| 25 | Perhaps unsure of exactly what to expect from Alsace wines , it seems British wine drinkers have tended to give the whole lot a miss . |
| 26 | And , despite some tensions , generally social rather than musical and mostly on tours abroad , there is no doubt that his work with the orchestra helped revolutionize the whole idea of the conductor — orchestra relationship . |
| 27 | It 's almost mesmeric as well is n't it , this repetition of now , now , now between between the but as as you were saying , it 's sketching all the details in so you , if you were sketching a fox , you know you begin somewhere and say you begin with the nose you 've just got a little detail the nose and the eyes but eventually you 've got to put the whole sketch in . |
| 28 | Those who delight in complexities and wish to pursue the matter further will find a number of adequate textbooks and sources of information which will be pointed out with fiendish delight by any qualified librarian , since he has had to run the whole gamut in preparing for his examinations . |
| 29 | You 've got to lift the whole lot off the wall and unthread the curtains and put back the right number of rings and hooks and it 's a palaver and I have n't done it . |
| 30 | In Marc Bloch 's great book , Feudal Society , the word is used to describe the whole range of social customs and organization of the upper classes of society , among whom the feudal bond , in the narrow sense , was powerful . |