Example sentences of "over the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then a shin guard is pulled over the whole thing . |
| 2 | In classical ballet the patterns and groupings delineated by the dancers ' bodies are usually symmetrical and evenly balanced over the whole stage . |
| 3 | The question of motive hangs over these first pages , and over the whole novel . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't want to be a dictator over the whole thing , to tell them what to do . |
| 5 | And over the whole six-year period 1979-85 the average growth of M3 was 13 per cent , which happens to be exactly the same as it was between 1965 and 1973 , the period analysed by William Rees-Mogg in his famous article in The Times ( 13 June 1976 ) , ‘ How a 9.4 per cent excess money supply gave Britain 9.4 per cent inflation ’ , which denounced the conduct of economic policy in the early Seventies . |
| 6 | In the week after the election we asked our panel to look back Over the whole campaign and tell us how useful they had found television , the press , and other sources for : ( 1 ) helping decide what party leaders and personalities were really like ; ( 2 ) keeping them informed about the issues ; and ( 3 ) helping them decide how to vote . |
| 7 | His reply to the expected criticism is that ideals must be striven for particularly now since ‘ in a position in which old peoples and old cultures are likely to be supplanted by new — we are in a common danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe ’ . |
| 8 | The work was to be completed over the whole country in fifteen years . |
| 9 | The Weekend comes preloaded with a 24-exposure ( ISO 400 ) colour-print film , so all you have to do is shoot and wind on , then hand over the whole camera to the developers at the end . |
| 10 | But the rally did not last : over the whole year the SDR index fell 12% . |
| 11 | Labour appeared intent upon returning to fundamental socialism with the shadow of Tony Benn hovering over the whole party . |
| 12 | With astonishing speed , cults such as that of the first martyr , Stephen , spread over the whole Mediterranean world , and , eventually , beyond . |
| 13 | Over the whole plain , the temporary tinker village seethed with life . |
| 14 | I made , I think , a 2 per cent or 3 per cent error over the whole test . |
| 15 | Some later Acts , such as that of 1853 disafforesting Wychwood Forest , did not extinguish common rights : common fields were to be set and cleared in each parish in compensation for the common rights which the forest inhabitants had previously enjoyed over the whole forest waste . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , what may encourage them to hold on as long as they can is the apparent split among the ‘ eight elders ’ over the whole question of reform and opposing Leftism . |
| 17 | BECAUSE the Labour Party does not know how to cope with popular demands in Scotland for devolution or independence , it wanted to dilute the trouble by spreading it over the whole United Kingdom , creating ‘ regional ’ authorities even in England , where there is no popular demand for them whatever . |
| 18 | By contrast , the research studies were looking more broadly at the whole child care service , and seeing the remedies prescribed by previous reports on similar scandals spreading over the whole system , and informing a confrontational , antagonistic and defensive approach to work requiring a more collaborative and inclusive spirit . |
| 19 | It currently appears unlikely that either directive will be implemented before the end of 1991 because of disputes over the whole Company Law Statute , which the Germans in particular are not happy about . |
| 20 | That was the assumption on the part of the Federal Authorities that the people of the several states were … citizens of the US and owed allegiance to the Federal Government as the absolute sovereign power over the whole country , consolidated into one Nation ’ . |
| 21 | The Sun radiates energy over the whole electromagnetic spectrum , but the Earth 's atmosphere is transparent only to infra-red , visible , and some ultraviolet light . |
| 22 | But lots of people are n't even risking that , just flying over the whole mess . ’ ) |
| 23 | The house was pink like her mother 's dress , and sat high on Beverly Hills with a view out over the whole sprawl of Kingston to the hazy bay beyond . |
| 24 | I was very annoyed over the whole business this end , when it transpired that nobody had any information on the subject either . |
| 25 | In the case of scabies , however , the lotion should be carefully applied over the whole body surface from the neck downwards . |
| 26 | Think , instead , of a large population in which there is not much movement , so that individuals tend to resemble their immediate neighbours more than their more distant neighbours , even though there is continuous interbreeding all over the whole area . |
| 27 | Drainage : what needs to be done before a good soil structure can be built up over the whole farm ? |
| 28 | And Geoffrey Howe ( 1961 ) argued that ‘ over the whole field of social policy , the firm aim should be a reduction in the role of the state ’ . |
| 29 | Winnie picked up her knitting again , determined to remain cool-headed over the whole affair . |
| 30 | Social security ensured that the costs of mass retirement were kept as low as possible and were spread over the whole population rather than falling only on employers . |