Example sentences of "[adv prt] the whole [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They take on the whole world , but they 've got no patterns with which to deal with all that experience. ,
2 If she can fight off that medication , she 'll take on the whole world . ’
3 ‘ Get in and socialise with the family , ’ Peter Shearer told Mr and Mrs M. You re not just teaching one child , you 're taking on the whole family , ’ this being a family of fifteen children , some with social and behavioural problems , and eight still of school age .
4 Everyone put on the whole uniform including the grey raincoat on top , and I put on my raincoat also , I packed Tommy 's spare garments and my own clothes into the holdall , and was ready .
5 It looked as if he was taking on the whole KGB .
6 So the Foreign Office turned a bland eye — nobody was exactly complaining out loud — and we took on the whole Sims organisation as a going concern .
7 It is a good idea to fit servicing valves before all taps so that they can be rewashered without the need to drain down the whole pipe ( and , possibly , the whole cistern ) .
8 The threatened revolt fizzled out as Conservative critics decided to draw back from voting down the whole Budget , keeping their powder dry for future votes when the issue comes before the Commons in detail .
9 Hurd went some way to placate this view by assuring MPs that if they did not wish to incorporate the treaty into British law , by voting down the whole bill , then the treaty would not be ratified .
10 Thus , in some cases where the covenant is all , or substantially all , the consideration , a consequence of a finding of unreasonableness is to strike down the whole contract .
11 Within days of the settlement Mass Observation reported widespread shame ‘ that we had let down the whole tradition of England 's pledges for honesty , fair play and resistance to threats . ’
12 , you had a built in , and on the left , they 've torn down the whole building .
13 Yeah , I mean , they 've torn down the whole building inside the big .
14 Summoning all her reserves , she swam forcefully down the whole length of the pool , and back again , gradually realising that she felt fitter than she had done for ages .
15 ‘ Somebody told me that they saw the Bad Seeds recently and the show was being recorded , and that Blixa had had his volume knob turned down the whole time !
16 Do n't sit down the whole time while you 're teaching .
17 ‘ It [ the microprocessor ] does n't just hiccup ; it locks up completely and can shut down the whole plant , ’ says John Bull .
18 But do n't be fooled by the island 's exotic name or location just off Africa — once the sun goes down the whole place comes alive .
19 In the same memorandum of April 1986 that eventually brought down the whole house of cards — the memorandum that mentioned the diversion of funds to the contras — an extraordinary phrase appeared : ‘ The Iranians have been told that our presence in Iran is ‘ a holy commitment ’ . ’
20 It probably slowed down the whole process a bit , but it made it all much safer . ’
21 And he he more or less laid down the whole theory of probability , in a few days , Pascal
22 Many of the large old psychiatric hospitals have succeeded in making good use of their facilities , in breaking down the whole organization into smaller , semi-autonomous units , and in ensuring generally that the emphasis is on the treatment and rehabilitation of the patients rather than simply on their care and custody .
23 So under the surface of the thick glass lay a mass of long gold threads , filling in the whole cavity of the box with their turns and tumbles , so that at first the little tailor thought he had come upon a box full of spun gold , to make cloth of gold .
24 For instance , when you return your renewal slip why not enclose at least one or two application forms from new members or better still get your class organised and send in the whole lot together !
25 There are known to be sizeable roosts at Chichester and Pagham Harbours , Shoreham , Rottingdean , Hastings , and at Camber , besides the many birds which feed along the whole shore .
26 When satisfied , look along the whole length and ensure that the wood grain does not run off the true length .
27 Somehow they were lying down , his strong body pressed intimately close along the whole length of hers .
28 The great drive for respectability , which was led by the trade papers and various film industry organizations , really took over the whole publicity campaign and again became almost a defining characteristic of British and especially American cinema .
29 The Thermogrill surface combustion burner gives an even heat over the whole surface , even when it 's turned down .
30 But there are erm others who , for whom teaching is the major aspect and the major important role that they perceive for themselves erm but there is always a balance and on balance , taken over the whole system , I should think that most people spend fifty or sixty per cent of their time on research .
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