Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [prep] the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | These courses are a very important initiative not just for this diocese but for the whole country at a time when we need to find new ways of helping lay people and priests to work together in furthering the mission of the church . |
| 2 | Then the light went , not just from his cheek but from the whole world . |
| 3 | Suppose that the strategy involves real innovation — not only for the group but for the whole industry . |
| 4 | Thus " information handling " does not merely cover using the microcomputer to find references to aspects of pollution such as ACID RAIN but to the whole process of learning done in the classroom and the school library . |
| 5 | I was n't angry with the attackers , not with the malais , not even with my stupid self but with the whole situation . |
| 6 | The predictable ineffectiveness of the nationalist vote in Northern Ireland can be used to justify rejection not just of a particular government but of the whole constitutional structure which maintains the inclusion of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom rather than in a new all-Ireland state . |
| 7 | But , you see , we have the resources to create an image not just of the conductor or the orchestra but of the whole ensemble of the music and the performers . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's not just about manufacturing but about the whole business . |