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

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1 And he he more or less laid down the whole theory of probability , in a few days , Pascal
2 Betelgeux is a vast red supergiant , large enough to swallow up the whole orbit of the Earth round the Sun , while the pure white Rigel is a cosmic searchlight with 60000 times the Sun 's luminosity .
3 Expert systems coupled with NDT can greatly reduce the complexity associated with the interpretation of results thus speeding up the whole process and improving accuracy and consistency .
4 As with the NDT , expert systems coupled with CM can greatly reduce the complexity associated with the interpretation of results thus speeding up the whole process and improving accuracy and consistency of ground based analysis .
5 I have always used a magnetic board and marker to follow the chart and found that I did n't even have to look away from it whilst punching , thus speeding up the whole process considerably .
6 Bonar Law promptly gave up the whole idea , with obvious relief , as he told Balfour :
7 It probably slowed down the whole process a bit , but it made it all much safer . ’
8 ‘ It will probably open up the whole issue again , ’ he commented .
9 In the same memorandum of April 1986 that eventually brought down the whole house of cards — the memorandum that mentioned the diversion of funds to the contras — an extraordinary phrase appeared : ‘ The Iranians have been told that our presence in Iran is ‘ a holy commitment ’ . ’
10 The great drive for respectability , which was led by the trade papers and various film industry organizations , really took over the whole publicity campaign and again became almost a defining characteristic of British and especially American cinema .
11 Somehow they were lying down , his strong body pressed intimately close along the whole length of hers .
12 It can be argued that mass communications have simply speeded up the whole process of change enormously , rather than imposed a massive and rigid uniformity .
13 The Thermogrill surface combustion burner gives an even heat over the whole surface , even when it 's turned down .
14 And unless the city knows that it 's hopeless , they might simply pick up the whole war again .
15 The substance of building surveying has not changed appreciably over the years and while certain aspects of the more academic subjects of economics and law have been latterly introduced , they were there to prop up the whole discipline rather than to provide invaluable information .
16 They are completely tearing up the whole site , including a new turf course as well as the all-weather , but Muddle'splans extend far beyond the obvious .
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