Example sentences of "[adv prt] of the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | The investment weightings of the portfolio have continued to show an overwhelming bias towards publishing , which has accounted for 75% or over of the whole portfolio since June 1991 . |
| 2 | If you consistently — and by that I mean once or twice daily — follow this waist plan you will feel and see a definite toning up of the whole line . |
| 3 | There are three basic considerations : ( 1 ) the need to avoid the consequences of a dissolution and winding up of the whole business ; ( 2 ) the need to define the circumstances in which leaving the partnership is permitted or made compulsory ; and ( 3 ) the need to anticipate the financial and administrative consequences of the departure of members of the firm . |
| 4 | Ingratiating smiles and words were threaded in and out of the whole whirl of busyness . |
| 5 | WELLA 'S Lockwell Acid perm takes the stress out of the whole process by minimising the swelling of the hair cuticle and gently forming hair into long-lasting curls . |
| 6 | Using the time after one has gone to bed can avoid interruptions ; 10–15 minutes per child is only a small time out of the whole day and it needs to be given high priority . |
| 7 | And yesterday the International Cricket Council astonishingly copped out of the whole issue . |
| 8 | Two courses out of the whole menu would be more than enough . |
| 9 | There is no reason why , out of the whole Universe , it should be us at the centre . ’ |
| 10 | But I 'd had a bellyful of your family and I just wanted to stay out of the whole rotten business . |
| 11 | The kitten lived to be nine , so came out of the whole business best , I suppose . |
| 12 | How interesting it was , thought Dyson , how extraordinarily intriguing , to find that out of the whole team the only one who was actually turning up trumps was himself . |
| 13 | The God of this mountain is the God who saved only Noah and his family out of the whole world . |
| 14 | She was getting a kick out of the whole thing , I 'm sure of it : her big cow eyes were bright and she was all breathy when she talked about it . |
| 15 | Out of the whole mess , Curtis took consolation from two factors — wounded and losing blood , the bastard would n't get far on foot , and into the bargain he had lost his knife — already on its way to Forensic , who would doubtless prove it to have been the murder weapon with which he had butchered his victims . |
| 16 | Out of all Europe , out of the whole kingdom of Alba and Cumbria , out of all Moray and Caithness and the myriad islands of Orkney , his father was here , only here , and alone with himself . |
| 17 | Instead of staying carefully on his side of the screen — ‘ She goes left , I go right ’ — he suddenly stepped forward , centre stage , out of his position , out of the whole plot of the operetta , threw out his arms in the great expansive sexual gesture that never failed to work with the audiences , and began to sing in front of Therese , ignoring the screen , ignoring the action , making a total mockery of the whole theme of a bride and groom who marry without knowing who they are . |
| 18 | Struggling into yet another of the brief garments bought for her by Ross — her trembling fingers fumbling awkwardly with the small scraps of material — Laura dearly wished that she had the courage to chicken out of the whole affair . |
| 19 | But you ca n't back out of the whole rehearsal |