Example sentences of "or [adv] the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the ‘ they ’ of more or less the whole town will have heard too . |
| 2 | well this people I mean with , with , that I mean that really is more or less the same amount as the other companies have said for er more or less the whole lot , so why the wardrobes are so cheap and yet the , the bed surrounding is so expensive , we do n't know |
| 3 | The difference is that each line has to be searched to establish the presence or absence of a target set of letters ( the order of the target set is not important — only whether or not the whole set is present ) . |
| 4 | Some sole practitioners pointed out their accountants already visited twice a year at the firms ' request , but the majority complained about the cost of the proposal and queried whether or not the whole profession would be required to comply . |
| 5 | Where sporadic outbreaks occur , the affected animals , or preferably the whole flock , should be gathered , treated with a suitable anthelmintic and then , if possible , moved to fresh pasture . |
| 6 | The cells are continuously dying and unless new cells are created , sooner or later the whole thing will collapse and disappear . |
| 7 | The same readiness to supplement the wording of an institution is also found , although not as early as the Republic : Ulpian discusses cases in which the esto of heres esto has been left out , or even the whole expression . |
| 8 | Because I know what I 'm going to say to any kids who have the audacity to come to my house which they wo n't but erm and I 'm sure a lot of people do so the rest of the year we we 're encouraging children not to approach strangers and everything else and then this one day of the year or maybe two days or maybe the whole run-up from now until November the fifth you 've got kids begging on the street penny for the guy and all that sort of thing . |
| 9 | Or else the whole dialogue consists of one saying to the other ‘ I am here , ’ and the length of the pauses adds to the phrase the sense of a ‘ still , ’ as if to say : ‘ I am here still , it is still I. ’ And what if it is in the pause and not in the whistle that the meaning of the message is contained ? |
| 10 | Gasworks Olympic contenders … oh , Jeez , Nutty thought : something would just have to turn up , or else the whole thing was a dead duck . |