Example sentences of "[verb] for the whole [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Suppose , father being impoverished and son having come into money , the father had required the creditor to sue for the whole sum ?
2 In fact this exercise was undertaken for the whole school , and led to a number of improvements to the programme in all year groups .
3 It 's difficult to describe in detail without spoiling the effect for future viewers , something that goes for the whole film .
4 The same goes for the whole training initiative .
5 It is not impossible , too , that an overarching agency with responsibility for quality assurance will eventually be established to perform for the whole system something of the role performed by the Council for National Academic Awards for the public sector .
6 An attendance rate of 90% , however , does not mean that 10% of pupils are absent : the missing 10% could come from a small minority of pupils with lengthy absences — the same ten pupils absent for the whole week — or from a higher percentage of pupils with brief absences — fifty pupils absent for one day over the course of the week .
7 In the year it joins the group , its results are included for the whole period .
8 When called to go to the gentiles , he was able to manage the change of understanding that this involved for the whole group .
9 If you 've come for a session with Kafy , you 're out of luck she 's booked for the whole night by one of the priests from the Temple of Khepri .
10 This true/false logic holds for the whole range of autonomizing fields , in the sense that aesthetic , scientific , normative , and legal statements can be understood as more or less valid .
11 The trouble is that nobody can speak for the whole profession because of the various ways in which the profession is divided .
12 Erm but that 's if you just progr project forward where we are cos we used up in , in three months what we should have done for the whole year so you 've only got ta do that , so we 've done a hundred thousand pounds this first quarter and if you 've four more , three more quarters there 's another three hundred thousand pounds over budget .
13 During fitting out , provision was made for the whole floor ( which includes What Personal Computer 's sister titles — PC User and Which Computer ? ) to be properly cabled up , ready to be networked .
14 They were valued on the basis of the quoted share price , but the shareholders argued that , since all the shares were being acquired , stock exchange prices were not a true criterion and that either the whole undertaking should be valued and the price thus determined apportioned among the shareholders , or the value should be the price which one buyer would give for the whole block , which price should then be similarly apportioned .
15 As mentioned above , a comprehensive programme should be prepared for the whole job , but when the contractor is appointed he will prepare his own contract programme and there will inevitably be a need to adjust the surveyor 's programme in order to harmonise with the activities of the contractor .
16 Yes they just had one maybe one melodeon or one fiddle , but played for the whole dance and you could hear it from end to end of the hall .
17 If the three colours are used for the whole fabric , the length of floats and buildup of these on the wrong side of the work can be a problem .
18 The Overtype , Number Lock , and Line Draw functions are not needed for the whole book .
19 Reading is encouraged across the whole spectrum of nursing literature rather , reflecting in part the principles of holism ; of caring for the whole person rather than being disease or disorder linked .
20 Was this did this occur for the whole hosiery industry not just
21 It was the people that were being drawn by the nose and paying for the whole thing .
22 My heart bleeds for the whole misunderstanding but it bleeds most for Diana . ’
23 If that 's all you 've got for the whole battalion , that 's a success as far as the tour is concerned , ’ he said .
24 I consider the and figure should be discounted down to eighteen , which is the figure I adopt for the whole life multiplier .
25 It was a typical paradox that now , when he could , had he wished , have stayed for the whole autumn , he should leave before the allotted time was up .
26 I 'm baking for the whole week beforehand !
27 Later it made economic sense to plan for the vehicle to carry things which had been given free in England but which were too heavy for me to manage for the whole way .
28 We 'll need as much exposure as possible in the first couple of years , but it worries me that there 's no independent ‘ father figure ’ capable of speaking for the whole game and making sure it does n't ‘ do a snooker ’ . ‘
29 If nothing else , this absurd event illustrates one thing : that the voting system in the Assemblée Nationale is nearly always done in party blocs by proxy ( one or two members are delegated to vote for the whole party ) .
30 The figure budgeted for the whole year had been 40,000 million roubles .
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