Example sentences of "at the whole " in BNC.

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1 There could be no greater indication of the contrast between me two friends ' approach to their craft than a comparison between The Lost Road , tentatively built up stage by stage , with an infinite number of backward glances at the whole mythology that has gone before , and Lewis 's self-confident brush strokes as he dashed off Out of the Silent Planet .
2 Eleanor would have been broad-minded enough to laugh at the whole tale .
3 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 .
4 A properly radical perspective would look instead at fundamentals — at the shape of schools as organisations , at the relationships between managerial and professional aspects of work in schools and at the whole question of the location of management as a set of tasks and processes ; at who does what , where and when in the management process .
5 Look at the whole patient and ask yourself the question ‘ How sick ? ’
6 Many schools are now looking at the whole issue of profiling and records of achievement .
7 A fresh look at the whole process was needed , and it was felt that this could be achieved by taking a systems view , unbiased by what was then happening in practice , ie before the Act took effect .
8 It is about all manner of motoring matters such as improvements in vehicle safety and construction , raising of driving standards and an attempt to get the authorities to look at the whole business of motoring in a different way for the good of all .
9 Nell came over , and waved at the whole lot .
10 Over the next three decades , many theologians took a fresh look at the whole subject of human sexuality .
11 However , for the benefit of those who have yet to become acquainted with these mysteries , let's take a look at the whole business of video formats and their particular significance to anyone who is intending to purchase a camcorder .
12 It looked at the whole history of dealings between the two companies .
13 He added : ‘ I am concerned at the whole idea of trying to whip up custom with a free deal which automatically converts into a pay-as-you-go service charged on your phone bill — unless you contract out .
14 You have to look at the whole team for that .
15 As well as ‘ reading ’ horizontally line one , it is also looking at the whole pattern at the same time .
16 Soaring costs and the growing fear that the expected $10 million from the City of New York is no longer likely to materialise , have forced officials of the United States Tennis Association to take a completely new look at the whole project .
17 The setting up of the Select Committee to look at the whole under-fives area
18 Unix International Europe 's technical director , Nick Price , was n't taking a swipe at the whole Posix standards effort in last week 's piece ( UX No 397 ) , he just wanted to point out that the Posix P1003.1 specification alone is no guarantee of portability .
19 The the Council looking at the whole process of how it spends it money what it does , I think the theatre the start of this evening we were looking quite close about what we do and how we do it what we do n't do and what we should do and I think from what 's been said this evening will be re look closely the questions you 've raised things that you 've raised we 'll report it back to you in the hope of this meeting that we 'll actually moved forward because I think it 's in everybody interest everybody 's interest if the playhouse closes .
20 Or , to get at it another way , here is a miscellaneous list from my own notebook of possible motives for murder : financial gain , self-protection , to preserve status , fear , to protect a loved one , for a principle , for revenge ( but remember credibility here : only in some societies is revenge stoked up enough to lead to killing ) , the drive to power , compensation for past humiliation , removing a bar to sexual happiness ( bother the permissive society , but impediments do still exist ) , jealousy , the desire to cock a giant snook at the whole world .
21 Do n't look at the whole answer and then cover it up again and think right okay that 's a start and then try and do all I mean you 're not going to have the book to help you in the exam .
22 Look around at the whole audience , those at the front , the left , the right , and the back .
23 His Lordship posited a third situation where looking again at the whole context it could be seen whether the end result was fair despite some initial defect .
24 I wondered what would count as an adequate educational response to individuals being labelled deviant , a response which would not simply take for granted that certain acts were or were not deviant but would look at the whole context of the interaction .
25 Shaking her head at the kick , she lashed out at the whole row of stores opposite her cathedral and dispelled them to dust .
26 Today , we reach the end of the series ; I hope that you have found that the series has improved your prayer life , as we have looked at the whole subject from several different angles .
27 I do hope your plans to move are developing smoothly and that you 're feeling happy at the whole prospect .
28 You want to sort of look at the whole picture together .
29 The government has to get money from somewhere , and it is logical that it should look at the whole area of VAT .
30 If we look at the whole population of beavers , those that possess the mutated gene will , on average , tend therefore to rear more offspring than those not possessing the mutated gene .
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