Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [conj] the whole " in BNC.

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1 They are often already experienced in the needs of those they are looking after , and a close relationship can build up between them and the whole family .
2 When you 've finished , you release a single catch at the back , the screen lifts up again , the bottom tilts towards you and the whole lot folds back down over the keyboard , and reverts to a flat tablet .
3 At the end of it when the whole vocal had been recorded , David said to this guy , ‘ Just out of interest , is this my original lyric ’ The guy said , ‘ Oh no , it 's a beautiful ballad about a boy and girl and they go out in the mist on the mountain ’ .
4 We were n't a part of it and the whole affair disgusted me .
5 Push a couple of catches , the screen lifts up , the bottom tilts away from you and the whole lot clicks into position .
6 His hand reached for her as the whole building seemed to shudder under another assault .
7 Theo had been confiding his disappointment with the way his life was turning out , and Vincent quickly swept in with an indictment : ‘ It seems to me that the whole art business is rotten . ’
8 ‘ It appears to me that the whole question is governed by the broad , general , universal principle that English legislation , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied as to make it the duty of an English court to give effect to an English statute , is applicable only to English subjects or to foreigners who by coming into this country , whether for a long or a short time , have made themselves during that time subject to English jurisdiction .
9 But it appears to me that the whole trend of authority for over a century is clearly against permitting any such investigation .
10 Apart from the fact that the writing is rather sloppy in a pompous sort of way , it seems to me that the whole exercise was not worthwhile .
11 An interview with this adviser subsequently confirmed that the self-appraisal was not accorded great importance : ‘ On the role of the self-appraisal , it seems to me that the whole thing has been made into a very big deal and ought not to be .
12 In fact given the , what 's happened politically in what was Czechoslovakia and is now the Czech Lands and Slovakia , erm and the financial pressures in Slovakia it 's not certain to me that the whole arrangement will go forward .
13 I mean it seemed to me that the whole concept of an Arts Centre of that stature and calibre on campus was simply marvellous — not unique , but of a very remarkable concept — and I became , as you say , Chairman of the Gardener Centre through Aisa Briggs ' persuasion .
14 Tears of reaction to him and the whole situation flooded her eyes .
15 In this case , the package has an additional reference attached to it and the whole article is known as a Product .
16 In this case , the package has an additional reference attached to it and the whole article is known as a Product .
17 When my right hon. Friend the Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) and I visited some European capitals and Washington , it was clear to us that the whole character of the theory of nuclear strategy was under review .
18 She was well aware that she purred inside like a cat if he even looked at her and the whole thing filled her with amazement .
19 As you set about making your plans for next year let me leave you with this thought from Eglantine Jebb If children of any country are physically or morally abandoned the whole world loses by it and the whole world gains if children grow up healthy , capable and ready to work for the good of their neighbours .
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