Example sentences of "for the whole [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time had come , James Callaghan said , for the whole criminal process , from the start of investigation to the point of trial , to be reviewed . |
| 2 | The present lack of a definitely accepted account of the origin of life should certainly not be taken as a stumbling block for the whole Darwinian world view , as it occasionally — probably with wishful thinking — is . |
| 3 | The basic airframe is the same for the whole Caribbean range , from Tampico to Trinidad TC . |
| 4 | And provided that he did have a ‘ residence ’ ( or ‘ abode ’ , the concept used in other contexts ) there , in which he spent a substantial part of the year , it would not be necessary for him to be physically present there for the whole three-month period prior to the qualifying date . |
| 5 | I have one message for the whole primary health care team and it is : take chest pain or chest discomfort seriously ; if you make a mistake when the diagnosis is hiatus hernia nobody will mind very much ; the other way round you risk lives . |
| 6 | Most of them , perhaps , were doctors , government servants of one degree or another ; a few were farmers ( I can think of one , still remembered ) and some were just friends , as I myself have been for the Bakgatia and , I hope , for the whole new country of Botswana . |
| 7 | Sometimes the new couple themselves are so much in love that they have unreasonably high expectations for the whole new family that will be formed . |
| 8 | Other writers have used ‘ liberal ’ as a blanket term for the whole broad line of development which runs from Schleiermacher . |
| 9 | These statements spoke for the whole Unionist party in their vigorous tone , in the denial that Unionists were responsible for the state of things , and in the laying of blame on the Nationalists . |
| 10 | Simultaneously , a programme of study must be planned for the whole key stage bearing in mind what comes before and after . |
| 11 | The Soviet Union could affect the situation through skilful action with serious consequences for the whole strategic situation . |
| 12 | For example , the enhanced possibility of bankruptcy and default arising from failure to meet contracts fixed in money terms could have quite severe knock on effects for the whole financial system . |
| 13 | The word " cunt " , for example , used above , is a collective term used by many people for the whole external and internal female sexual apparatus ; for others it applies only to the sexual orifice . |
| 14 | Sir Denis evinced less enthusiasm for the whole electoral process . |
| 15 | He set out a four-point plan , commencing with Iraqi compliance with UN resolutions and withdrawal from Kuwait ; the international community could then guarantee the removal of forces , and the restoration of Kuwaiti sovereignty , with arrangements to take account of " the will of the Kuwaiti people " ; an international conference should then be arranged , and comprehensive arms reductions worked out for the whole Middle East region , which would imply dialogue among all concerned , to replace confrontation with " the dynamics of good neighbourliness " . |
| 16 | Life expectancy in the United Kingdom , for both sexes , is , however , slightly below average for the whole European Community . |
| 17 | The leading element in this upheaval was the student movement , and although students became independently active in political life all over the world — in Eastern Europe and in the Third World just as much as in the West — the principal expression of a distinctive radical doctrine and mode of political action , which became to a large extent a model for the whole international movement , was to be found in the US , in the Students for a Democratic Society ( SDS ) . |
| 18 | Evolutionism became popular , and Darwin 's name was frequently used as a symbol for the whole evolutionary movement . |
| 19 | The growth of the embryo towards maturity provided a model for the whole evolutionary process . |
| 20 | Chromosomes are the DNA which carry the ‘ blueprint ’ for the whole human body and the extra chromosome causes all the typical features of Down 's . |
| 21 | He acted as the substitute and the representative for the whole human race . |
| 22 | One royal prerogative never to be revived in its full Carolingian glory was the holding of assemblies for the whole military aristocracy of the realm . |
| 23 | The mother was very distressed at the living arrangements as she was the housemaid for the whole extended family and had very little time to spend with her son . |
| 24 | The father or elder brother makes important decisions for the whole extended family even if members are widely separated geographically . |
| 25 | An inscription of Cos ( Syll. 398 ) expresses the spontaneous enthusiasm of the inhabitants of this island on learning the news of the Gallic retreat from Delphi in 278 ; that was a day of victory and salvation for the whole Greek world . |
| 26 | While I wondered about his motives , he stoked up his contempt for the whole Jewish race , which had not had the decency to get itself wiped out , as rumoured . |
| 27 | ‘ This is part of an improvement programme for the whole civic building which has not been redecorated in 12 years . ’ |
| 28 | 30,000 men would , James was assured , rise to support him , provided he came with at least 5000 French troops and arms for the whole Scottish force . |
| 29 | That goes for the whole Scottish team , poised between the extinction of their American dream and a famous victory . |
| 30 | Since school reports can stand separately from this it is possible to revise present reporting systems in preparation for the whole National Curriculum to come on stream . |