Example sentences of "for the whole " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mr Winchester predictably proves his case for part of the Pacific rim , from Japan round to California , but not for the whole circumference — and certainly not for the islands dotted in the Basin , despite the charming Western Samoan girl who takes his bags at Los Angeles airport and quotes Robert Louis Stevenson to him . |
| 32 | For the first time , the bureau will compile population figures for the whole country by ‘ street blocks ’ that will be defined by roads , rivers , county boundaries and the like . |
| 33 | On Saturday morning the gates were closed early with thousands locked out , only for the whole day to be lost to the weather ; had just an hour or two 's play been possible there would almost certainly have been a result . |
| 34 | Looking at the sweep of the whole narrative from Genesis 1 outwards , we can say that God has made laughter for himself also , and for the whole world . |
| 35 | The next day , they admitted that they had miscounted and that ‘ in the period June 27-August 9 … the numbers of persons detained for the whole range of offences connected with public order were loyalists 468 ; republicans 427 ’ . |
| 36 | Above all there was rank disbelief at the figure of 542,000 dead which Hitler gave as the total German losses for the whole war . |
| 37 | Whenever we 're out together they wo n't go near a food shop , even if we 're out for the whole day . |
| 38 | Again he said , in an argument strangely reminiscent of Erastus , Richard Hooker and Matthew Arnold , that ‘ the State is more sacred than any Church … for the State stands for the whole people in their manifold collective life ; and any Church is but a fragment of that life , though one of the most important fragments ’ . |
| 39 | The real crime of the USSR is to have spoiled an opportunity for the whole world , they have so discredited socialism . ’ |
| 40 | It is like running the first 100 metres like Carl Lewis , getting into gear but pushing really hard for the whole race as you go along . |
| 41 | Sir Denis evinced less enthusiasm for the whole electoral process . |
| 42 | 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 ’ . ‘ |
| 43 | Nevertheless , even if they did not get it wrong , their discomfiture is a matter of concern for the whole market research industry , of which political opinion polling accounts for a small but very visible part of an estimated UK turnover of more than £300 million . |
| 44 | The Speakership is for the whole House of Commons , and should not be an extension of government patronage . |
| 45 | In 1981 it had a total income of 171 million pounds for the whole year . |
| 46 | The European countries also appreciated that the need for the whole world recovery was important , and they became more willing to contribute to the economic development of underdeveloped countries . |
| 47 | The sentiment expressed in the phrase is simply that a strong EC should lay these foundations for the whole continent . |
| 48 | 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 ) . |
| 49 | his weakness of central parliamentary control is in spite of the fact that decisions on tax are taken centrally for the whole country and the revenues are then distributed among the Länder . |
| 50 | Charities for the homeless report that 5,000 new people a year arrive on the streets and that the total figure now stands at a staggering 300,000 for the whole country . |
| 51 | The Bundesrat is a federal organ passing laws and raising taxes centrally for the whole country ( Article 106 ) . |
| 52 | For any proposed improvement to be effective , piecemeal additions would be insufficient ; instead there would have to be an integrated programme for the whole route . |
| 53 | Some flights are night flights — when you arrive in the resort your room is immediately available , as it has been reserved for the whole night . |
| 54 | The researchers had gone through the medical records for the whole period from 1959 , when Hinkley A was still being built , right through to 1986 . |
| 55 | Spasticity , which comes from the word ‘ spasm ’ , has become known as the common term for the whole range of cerebral palsy handicaps but the three forms are significantly different . |
| 56 | The centre pages are designed as a pull-out diary for the whole summer , which combines all the various NCT groups with other events . |
| 57 | The Court , and by extension Paris , would become the focus of all Europe , and even for the whole civilized world , for the Emperor , conscious of the huge changes in the speed and ease of travel which were taking place , foresaw an influx of visitors not just from the Old World but also from the New . |
| 58 | In order to make available a single comprehensive Report covering the English curriculum for the whole period of compulsory schooling , we have included in this Report material from our first Report — revised and extended to reflect the needs of the secondary curriculum or to present our arguments more clearly . |
| 59 | We 're working on a new production model for the whole factory — new stock control , new purchasing policy . |
| 60 | The food was predictably stodgy — steak pie or fish fried in batter , chips , boiled cabbage and tinned peas , sponge pudding and custard — but it was astonishingly cheap : 50p for the whole menu . |