Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] for the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | The window was barred on the outside but this did not seem unreasonable as there was only one thin wall of barbed wire as defence for the whole camp . |
| 2 | The Munn Report examined the structure of the curriculum in the last two years of compulsory schooling in Scotland , and carried out its work almost at the same time as the Dunning Committee considered the aims , purposes and forms of assessment for the whole ability range . |
| 3 | So she rehearsed the triumphs and achievements of the Thatcher Revolution and laid lavish claim to having lit in Britain the torch of freedom for the whole world . |
| 4 | Public statutes are the will of Parliament for the whole country and apply to local authorities of each class alike , whereas private statutes apply to the local authority which obtains from Parliament the private statute . |
| 5 | When the baby is born it is an occasion of joy for the whole family . |
| 6 | From a reading of Gudok for the whole year the impression is received of workers indulging in an endless series of meetings on a range of subjects from pay to culture , the Famine , technical improvement , national and international politics , usually during work hours . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , in the case of contract hire of motor vehicles , the requirement of durability for the whole contract period is often expressly incorporated in the contract where , of course , the hirer pays extra in terms of rentals for facilities such as servicing and the provision for a replacement vehicle . |
| 8 | Life expectancy in the United Kingdom , for both sexes , is , however , slightly below average for the whole European Community . |
| 9 | The audience were full of praise for the whole production . |
| 10 | In dramatic format , it demonstrates the power of community action in improving living conditions and the quality of life for the whole neighbourhood . |
| 11 | Where there are several Caribbean-born individuals , or others like Rastafarians who put especially high value on the use of Creole , then Creole may be the language of preference for the whole conversation . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Intimate and inward looking though the Anselmian programme was in its origin , it was also a programme of growth for the whole community . |
| 14 | This change in relative prices would have been rational if it had reflected any real improvement in the competitive power of electricity ( and there had been a continuing shift in favour of electricity for the whole century ) , but now the shift was artificially exaggerated by historic cost accounting in a period of inflation , and by temporarily depressed investment levels . |
| 15 | A sort of alibi for the whole time . ’ |
| 16 | If one accepts the needs for a general state of preparedness for the whole province , as would have been the case with Albinus before he removed the greater part of the army to Gaul , then clearly the most important centres would have been included . |
| 17 | Since school reports can stand separately from this it is possible to revise present reporting systems in preparation for the whole National Curriculum to come on stream . |
| 18 | The following version is useful to give children the opportunity to channel excess energy — everybody is in action for the whole time it is being played . |
| 19 | In its truest sense , it must be a change in philosophy for the whole business . |
| 20 | Christian churches throughout Jerusalem , Israel proper and the occupied territories took the unprecedented step of closing in protest for the whole day of April 27 , and the controversy encouraged an improvement in relations between the normally conservative Greek Orthodox community and Palestinian Christians ; the Middle East International of April 27 reported that , soon after the Jews took over the hospice , a Palestinian flag had been raised on a nearby Greek Orthodox Church . |
| 21 | Some employers sponsor students by paying fees and maintenance ; there is widespread employer involvement in various forms of sandwich courses and work placements including , in some cases , co-operation in student assessment ; there are endowed chairs at universities and polytechnics ; there are sponsored courses sometimes with a single client as customer for the whole student cohort ; employers sit on various boards and committees concerned with activities from course unit level to governing body ; employers use academics as consultants and engage academic departments to do research for them ; there are sponsored research and collaborative projects ; and curriculum material is available at all levels — usually for free — from industrial and commercial bodies . |