Example sentences of "[noun] but [prep] the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | These courses are a very important initiative not just for this diocese but for the whole country at a time when we need to find new ways of helping lay people and priests to work together in furthering the mission of the church . |
| 2 | Then the light went , not just from his cheek but from the whole world . |
| 3 | Suppose that the strategy involves real innovation — not only for the group but for the whole industry . |
| 4 | Thus " information handling " does not merely cover using the microcomputer to find references to aspects of pollution such as ACID RAIN but to the whole process of learning done in the classroom and the school library . |
| 5 | Such was the prophetic hope , not only for the Suffering Servant or the Messiah of Israel but for the whole people of God . |
| 6 | I was n't angry with the attackers , not with the malais , not even with my stupid self but with the whole situation . |
| 7 | I believe that it is in the interests not only of the United Kingdom but of the whole world that we should seek to pursue much more vigorously the possibility of a comprehensive ban on nuclear testing . |
| 8 | For the sake not just of the American people but for the whole world , we pray that Mr Clinton will fulfill his promise . |
| 9 | The predictable ineffectiveness of the nationalist vote in Northern Ireland can be used to justify rejection not just of a particular government but of the whole constitutional structure which maintains the inclusion of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom rather than in a new all-Ireland state . |
| 10 | But , you see , we have the resources to create an image not just of the conductor or the orchestra but of the whole ensemble of the music and the performers . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's not just about manufacturing but about the whole business . |
| 12 | What one needs is a way of doing the sum over histories not just for particles but for the whole fabric of space and time as well . |
| 13 | It is interesting to observe how frequently the French style prevails not just in the building of hotels but in the whole ‘ architecture of pleasure ’ in Britain . |
| 14 | This was a message not only to Jairus but to the whole Church : |
| 15 | Meaning is something born primarily not by the parts but by the whole theory , since the whole theory is the only thing that has its own observational consequences . |