Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] a whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does America really need to leap a whole generation ahead in fighter technology , to build an aeroplane that can beat undreamed-of Russian fighters of the undreamed-of Russia of the next century ? |
| 2 | You do n't need to buy a whole collection of new knives — you can do any cutting job with just four basic ones : a cook 's knife , with a deep , broad back and strong , rigid 15 to 30-cm long blade ; a filleting knife with a 15 cm flexible blade for fiddly jobs ; a paring knife for trimming and peeling ; and a carving knife with a 25 cm blade and sharply pointed tip . |
| 3 | But , in the Hallowe'en Novices ' Chase he might need to eat a whole mine , to beat Dusty Miller , another Festival scorer . |
| 4 | How many of those would you need to make a whole pizza ? |
| 5 | I really do n't want to start a whole new surveillance routine . ’ |
| 6 | If your garden slope is fairly gentle , and you do n't want to build a whole flight of steps , you could always join short lengths of sloping path with just one or two steps at intervals , but the approach should always be as level as possible . |
| 7 | which is useful when they may have to wait a whole year for payment for their wheat harvest , or for the sale of fat cattle . |
| 8 | We would have to see a whole change of pattern and thinking for all clubs and all players in April . |
| 9 | The manners which Topaz had been taught at the convent were good enough as a basis for acceptable behaviour , but she soon discovered that she had a great deal more to learn , and would also have to adopt a whole new set of values . |
| 10 | How long would it take to build a whole waggon ? |
| 11 | Once their condition has stabilised they may have to face a whole range of issues : new restrictions ; new sensations ; new embarrassments ; new lifestyles . |
| 12 | My first thought was that I was 320 duck-jumps behind and if I was ever going to make the state of shai-hai I would probably have to spend a whole weekend duck-jumping . |
| 13 | ‘ Did you have to take a whole summer ? ’ she demanded angrily . |
| 14 | In the security world everything is a compromise , as there are no absolutes erm you want an absolutely secure health service , do n't have a health service , do n't let ever give any information out , erm if you fall ill away from your home er you 're called into a hospital , you would like the thought that er the hospital can ring up your doctor and get information about you fairly quickly you do n't want to have a whole bureaucratic erm apparatus saying no that information is n't available . |
| 15 | Who could want to poison a whole family ? |
| 16 | ‘ The point is I do n't particularly want to spend a whole evening in John 's company at the moment . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd love to see a whole stand c cave in . |