Example sentences of "[adv] for the whole [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening . |
| 2 | Lewis had fallen fast asleep on the back seat of the police car and remained so for the whole of the journey back to Oxford . |
| 3 | If this mental scarring is not treated in some way , whether by hypnosis or some other means , then the effects will last literally for the whole of his life . |
| 4 | We have high and growing unemployment , and under those policies that high unemployment is built in for the whole of the 1990s , along with recession and slow growth . |
| 5 | Sat them in for the whole of the break and one group of her , hers I think . |
| 6 | One kind is the fancy dress which children can wear for a parade but not for the whole of a party . |
| 7 | Under the coalition agreement the new government aimed " to achieve the unity of Germany swiftly and responsibly for the whole of the German Democratic Republic [ East Germany or GDR ] at one time after negotiations with the Federal Republic of Germany [ West Germany ] on the basis of Article 23 of the [ West German ] Basic Law " [ see also p. 37259 ] . |
| 8 | Mr Delors should be told in no uncertain terms that his job is to stick up for the whole of the EC not just for France . |
| 9 | Bissett had been content , had worked intensely and well for the whole of the previous week . |
| 10 | Erm , and for some people , well for the whole of the rural economy , it 's harder to , or they 're in a , a lesser income situation , and it 's also availability of credit , or access to funds is much , you know , people have less savings , and so forth , because they do n't save . |
| 11 | And you had to get out on the floor that catered for your particular dominant moral propensity , and stay there for the whole of Eternity . |
| 12 | It has been recommended by the Board and is hereby agreed between the Shareholders of [ name ] Limited ( ‘ the Company ’ ) that steps should be taken by means of the distribution of an Information memorandum ( ‘ the Memorandum ’ ) in the first instance to identified prospective buyers of shares in the capital of the Company , to establish whether an acceptable bid can be obtained either for the whole of the shares in the Company or for the shares held by [ ABC ] Ltd . |
| 13 | As well as that , we managed to restrict the pay round for the whole of Pearson in the U K to four percent . |