Example sentences of "[v-ing] a whole [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soviet writers claimed that the Western states were employing a whole range of devices to undermine the neutralism or proclaimed neutrality of the new states . |
| 2 | Adopting a whole curriculum approach means , too , that support teachers can legitimately respond to requests from class teachers for help that are unrelated to the support teacher 's responsibility for specific pupils . |
| 3 | The alarm pheromone of the weaver ant is a complex message stimulating a whole series of responses in its nestmates . |
| 4 | Buus does in a few cases revert to earlier material or in one instance , as we have seen , achieve cohesion at the expense of monotony by basing a whole piece on a single idea . |
| 5 | The backs of pews were generally panelled which makes them super for panelling a whole room if you can get the quantity , given a bit of designing skill and reworking . |
| 6 | Yet what virtue was there in capturing a whole chain of volcanos , or in subduing a lake of lava ? |
| 7 | We 'll be offering you activity books , so your children can get involved , developing a whole range of skills as they amuse themselves . |
| 8 | B T now are developing a whole set of procedures , well , a whole set of activity around controlling their work which is completely different from the way B T used to work and different from , I suppose , most other bits of the company . |
| 9 | Unlike the Torbay line in 1991 , however , the South Devon Railway had to set about purchasing or hiring a whole fleet of locomotives and rolling stock from its cash surplus after a sale price could not be agreed with the DVR General Manager for certain redundant DVR items . |
| 10 | But it was probably not DNA , since the chances of forming a whole DNA molecule by random combinations are small . |
| 11 | Then chaotic behaviour recurs , with the phase space trajectories being initially confined to bands and subsequently filling a whole region . |
| 12 | Their explanation relies on the ‘ turnover costs ’ that would be involved : the fact that insiders are more productive because they have had more on-the-job training ; that such training may well come from insiders who on being sacked will not be there to supply it ; that harassment via picket lines , the ‘ angry silence ’ , etc. , can be employed even by displaced insiders , that the unpopular act of replacing a whole work-force is likely to cost the firm in terms of lost' good-will ‘ . |
| 13 | But I 'm not refunding a whole House Full just because the police come in and close the show . |
| 14 | The gland — which produces thyroxin , a hormone which regulates metabolism and organ function — becomes enlarged and secretes excess levels of the hormone , causing a whole range of possible symptoms including irregular heart rhythms . |
| 15 | At Inside Job the most important person is the customer and a complete service is available to everyone , whether they are designing a whole house or simply choosing a border . |
| 16 | Refer to the available photographs when reading the exercise description , and practise them on their own first before attempting a whole session . |
| 17 | Locke supported his thesis concerning moral relativity by citing a whole string of entirely fanciful ethnographic horror stories such as : " it is familiar among the Mingrelians , a people professing Christianity , to bury their children alive without scruple . |
| 18 | The authors introduce a methodology for describing a whole tax system that is useful here as a summary device . |
| 19 | MICHELLE RICHARDSON , RTS student , Darnley : ‘ I 'd like to see Sainsbury 's selling a whole range of tapes , CDs and records . |
| 20 | But there was another woman , at the second table : a woman only half the age of her executively suited escort ; a woman who was having a fairly difficult time by the look of things , earnestly rehearsing a whole chapter of body language with her ringless hands . |
| 21 | These days , Richard is in demand for his expertise in music , presenting a whole range of radio and TV programmes and public concerts . |
| 22 | The processing of food , for example turning a whole potato into chips , almost always lowers its fibre content and increases its fat content . |
| 23 | The day before the Sale Arthur Crawford arrived with his plants for the Sale , suddenly as if by magic , turning a whole section of the pews into a beautiful living garden — perhaps the most appropriate way of all to support this particular cause ? |
| 24 | The idea of God pursuing a whole family like a demented genealogist seemed grossly unfair , but as it was a commandment all I could do was hope that neither my father nor any of my immediate ancestors had done anything really sinful , and that if they had , God did n't know of my relationship . |
| 25 | Even at this stage it is preferable only to sketch in secondary details , fragmentary accompaniment ideas , etc. , before completing a whole section of the main subject matter . |
| 26 | But as well as the playing being better , we also went for a lot of different arrangements and different sounds , using a whole variety of guitars . |
| 27 | Finally , in informally analysing their material with colleagues , they commonly exaggerate for dramatic effect , using a whole range of literary devices . |
| 28 | ‘ He had a role , but he kept going from character to character , using a whole lot of different accents , cockney one moment , the voice of a high court judge the next . ’ |
| 29 | Again , validity needs to be considered , and it seems likely that the length of 2.8 cm can be obtained by using a whole number strategy which avoids the use of decimal concepts . |
| 30 | The arrival of a train would be a significant event , galvanizing a whole community into action perhaps only once or twice a day . |