Example sentences of "[vb base] a whole [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The actions of human characters involve a whole grammar of visual signals which the audience will pick up if it is given the right clues . |
| 2 | 1a identify the place value of a column or a digit in it for values of units , tens , hundreds and thousands ; 1b represent in numerals a whole number given in words ; 1c represent in words a whole number given in numerals ; 1d order whole numbers ; 1e provide a whole number which is between two given numbers in size ; 1f represent a given whole number on a number line or read one from a number line or scale ; 1g demonstrate understanding of relationships of the form 13 x 8 ( 10 x 8 ) + ( 3 x 8 ) . |
| 3 | Certainly they evoke a whole string of imaginings about past scenes — the construction , people travelling , especially on outings , steam trains with all the associations they conjure up , and so on . |
| 4 | And send a whole day with , and it never hurt them . |
| 5 | You expect a whole speech of explanation . |
| 6 | But on the other hand as is often the case , there 's so much that you 've got you do n't need , that when you finish your removal you want a whole lot of boxes in the corner out the way until you 've sorted er everything else out . |
| 7 | They say a whole village got swept away once — and a church , another time . |
| 8 | My first natural impulse was to shout , to get help from whoever had come : and between intention and voice a whole stream of thoughts suddenly intruded and left me silent , open-mouthed to call out but unsure of the wisdom . |
| 9 | You had to stand and have the clothes made on you , and just when I thought they looked wonderful , she 'd go RIP ! and snatch a whole sleeve off . |
| 10 | While I ca n't say I actually enjoyed the experience — as usual , two shirts flaked me out and put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day — I did find the whole process a whole lot easier on the nerves than throwing a glass of water across a shirt in the hope that somehow the creases , along with the water , would eventually evaporate . |
| 11 | as if you put a whole heap of as you say th the t the two of them |
| 12 | Well erm I mean they put a whole package together for me . |
| 13 | In some cultures sons are given priority , others give daughters priority , following the McIver principle ‘ when you educate a man you educate an individual : when you educate a woman you educate a whole family ’ . |
| 14 | They support a whole range of policies , the inevitable result of which would be to make unemployment higher than would otherwise be the case . |
| 15 | As with protozoan parasites , ponds naturally support a whole host of bacteria — some harmless , some beneficial ( such as the filter bacteria Nitrosomonas and Aeromonas ) , still others are dangerous to fish — though invariably only when they are weakened by other factors . |
| 16 | Inevitably difficult calvings cause a whole range of problems and here Mr Barwise-Munro remarked : ‘ Up to 2.5 per cent of first calving heifers involved in such circumstances die but with those which survive , many will suffer up to a 10 per cent drop in milk yield and consequently weaning weight of calves will be lower and of course there can also be major fertility problems in getting the cows back in calf . ’ |
| 17 | In order to fulfil the twin aims of liquidity and profitability banks hold a whole range of assets . |
| 18 | People hold a whole range ( or ‘ portfolio ’ ) of assets , from money at one end of the spectrum of liquidity to physical assets such as property and consumer durables at the other . |
| 19 | In other words , people hold a whole portfolio of assets of varying degrees of liquidity — from cash to central heating . |
| 20 | Venues for the 1991 events cover a whole range of waters from canal to rivers to lakes and results year after year confirm the Irish fish hhave no respect for big reputations . |
| 21 | Conservatories and porches — at very competitive prices — can be designed to your exact requirements and cover a whole range of specifications to suit your property . |
| 22 | They cover a whole range of things from Japanese archery , with its emphasis on Zen Buddhism , through the slow dance-like movements of Chinese tai chi to the combative kicking of Korean taekwondo . |
| 23 | These negotiate with their age ( and with subsequent ages ) through a process of these mirrorlike exchanges , ones which cover a whole spectrum of representations . |
| 24 | Preferably wait a whole day . |
| 25 | These overtones of differentness and specialism inhibit much of the mainstream arts community from working to include Disabled people and thus perpetuate a whole cycle of exclusion and presumption . |
| 26 | It is , in the words of its financial adviser Sohei Nakayama of the Industrial Bank of Japan , the project 's main financiers , ‘ the first time that a corporation has decided to found and manage a whole city ’ . |
| 27 | The Department of Transport 's Vehicle Certification Agency ( VCA ) has appointed a team of engineering inspectors , based at MIRA in Warwickshire , to ensure that companies entering their cars for Low Volume Type Approval meet a whole raft of regulations which , and we quote , ‘ demonstrate that the vehicle is constructed from parts which conform to international standards ’ . |
| 28 | Descriptions of simple activities open a whole field for practice materials . |
| 29 | If we claim , as Regan does , that animals enjoy a whole range of cognitive abilities in the same sense in which we ascribe these to human beings , then what follows is that ‘ human and animal welfare do not differ in kind ’ ( 1983 : 116 ) . |
| 30 | If they learned to write English and accept a whole package of European cultural values — including Christianity — economic advancement and higher social status would follow . |