Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] a whole " in BNC.

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1 So we had to go through a whole charade of auditioning a second guitarist .
2 To his embarrassment , the lawyer at the hearings then obliged him to go through a whole code-sheet to get the names into the record , or perhaps just to entertain the audience .
3 It all seems to be about using one or two people to stand for a whole sensibility , but thereby creating the impression that they were somehow alone in the field .
4 I like to work with a whole range of pencil grades as each one produces a different colour and density , and I believe , creates a more complete drawing .
5 I like to work with a whole range of pencil grades as each one produces a different colour and density , and I believe , creates a more complete drawing .
6 They will be affected for the rest of their lives by the kind of diet which is condemned by nutritionists all over the world as likely to lead to a whole variety of illnesses in later life .
7 He knew at once of a house to let for a whole year , the owners being abroad and failing to let it before they left last month and seeing my condition he took pity and had the caretaker prevailed upon to come to me at his premises .
8 The 5Os was a time when the hatred , fears and austerities of wartime Europe were still in recent collective memory , as were the two ounces of mildewy cheese that had to do for a whole week 's ration in those blackout , blitz and Mother Hubbard 's cupboard days of the previous decade .
9 However , they soon came to deal with a whole range of children 's welfare in addition to health and feeding , which included helping school-leavers , in conjunction with the ASEA , to find suitable employment .
10 It is the way we intend to proceed in a whole range of different market areas . ’
11 So you can vote to change , Harlow could vote to switch to a whole council system .
12 Sexism is a term used to refer to a whole range of justifications which supposedly make acceptable the inequalities in income , in job statuses , in promotion chances and in access to power , for example , from which women suffer .
13 The good news is that he charges in 15-minute slots of £5.86 , so you do n't have to pay for a whole hour if he 's only worked five minutes of it .
14 Erm one problem I think is that you can you tend to look at letters I think sort of one or two letters together erm instead of trying to think of a whole word .
15 There was still the nag of his eye , like a dulled toothache ; but he began to think in a whole new light .
16 The obvious example is Australia , which was separated early , and in which the marsupial mammals had the opportunity to adapt to a whole range of ecological niches , which they managed with remarkable success in spite of a low cranial capacity and a primitive mode of reproduction .
17 It helps you to feel like a whole person : integrated , centred , in some important way satisfied .
18 Planners of the History curriculum will need to take account of contributions that History will be able to make to a whole range of aspects of learning , as well as recognise the possibilities for the delivery of elements of the History curriculum in other ways and through other subjects .
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