Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] the whole [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says the whole family were devastated especially Damien , but he 's struggled to hide his grief well . |
| 2 | She sees the whole process as a self-perpetuating cycle . |
| 3 | She takes the whole subject very seriously and intends to become very involved in Green issues at all kinds of levels in future . |
| 4 | She does the whole thing by feel … listening to the kiln . ’ |
| 5 | track the LH as he/she says the whole dialogue . |
| 6 | Thing is , he was christened that way , and he hates the whole moviestar bit . |
| 7 | Could I point out to members that we did have er written replies to try and speed up the question process , could I ask members both in asking the question and especially in answering , not to make it another speech occasion because otherwise it destroys the whole purpose of having the written replies . |
| 8 | The external schema is the subset of the database which is relevant to the particular user , and though it may be a summarised and a very restricted subset , the user may think that it represents the whole view , because it is the whole view as far as the user is concerned . |
| 9 | But that is a highly vulnerable position for any politician to take - and I doubt if it offers the whole answer . |
| 10 | ‘ He thinks the whole world revolves around his flipping programme . ’ |
| 11 | Today 's match did n't reflect his past glories , he scored just 12 , but he has the whole season to make up for it . |
| 12 | Before opting , the landlord should know that it covers the whole land and buildings within its curtilage , buildings linked internally or by covered walkways , parades , precincts and other complexes divided into separate units ( Sch 6A , para 3(3) and ( 5 ) ) . |
| 13 | It covers the whole area inside the M25 , but concentrates on the centre of London . |
| 14 | When the first showers of spring have thoroughly moistened the pile , he covers the whole structure with sand . |
| 15 | Just as Figure 3.1 draws attention to the proper use of science , so there is something extremely valuable and " right " about a relativist approach , provided it does not overstep itself and pretend it has the whole truth . |
| 16 | When of course you can see he wants the whole thing hushed up . |
| 17 | ‘ He says the whole army is unsettled because it 's known that Famagusta will never give up while it expects a relieving ship to arrive . |
| 18 | He says the whole problem of the Oxford to Harwich route is that it will create an urban sprawl , another outer London which we ca n't afford . |
| 19 | He says the whole initiative is worthwhile and will be of great benefit but the loss of the Dickensian character of the area would be detrimental . |
| 20 | ‘ He handles the whole situation really well , ’ says Jakki , ‘ but then he does n't have an ego problem . |
| 21 | The comparison can be taken further ; as with child abuse in the home , people either believe it happens the whole time or not at all . |
| 22 | It embraces the whole spectrum of WACC 's activities , including areas which were identified as priorities by over 450 communicators attending the Manila congress in 1989 . |
| 23 | It embraces the whole range of sexual activities , making the minimum changes necessary to make them safer . |
| 24 | It concerns the whole matter of judicial control over ministerial discretion . |
| 25 | No , you 've when you do a delete erm if you do con ex signal , if you have that on signal it deletes the whole signal , airlines and all . |
| 26 | However if you say erm oh well you know erm boys will be boys that 's natural , tha that sounds as if you 're kind of making excuses for them and condoning them , so I think you 've got to be very careful about how you use the word natural and clearly it raises the whole question of how far you can , you can push erm cultural ideals against natural constraints an and what really is the issue . |
| 27 | Our quantified investigations ( for example , J. Milroy , 1984 ) , however , have repeatedly demonstrated that the only environments that show a consistent front-raising pattern are these velar environments ; thus , while it affects the whole phoneme /ae/ in conservative RP , it is confined to velar environments for most Belfast speakers . |
| 28 | " In the greater number of epidemic diseases , " McNab went on , " the morbid poison appears to enter the blood in some way , and after multiplying during a period of so-called incubation , it affects the whole system . |
| 29 | He 's a good listener , who learns very quickly , brings others into the game and he links the whole team together . |
| 30 | Cos it clears the whole mind . |