Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [art] whole [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He does n't want to know the whole picture anymore . |
| 2 | You do n't need to drain the whole system — just enough so that water does n't come out of the immersion heater boss . |
| 3 | Does America really need to leap a whole generation ahead in fighter technology , to build an aeroplane that can beat undreamed-of Russian fighters of the undreamed-of Russia of the next century ? |
| 4 | You do n't need to buy a whole collection of new knives — you can do any cutting job with just four basic ones : a cook 's knife , with a deep , broad back and strong , rigid 15 to 30-cm long blade ; a filleting knife with a 15 cm flexible blade for fiddly jobs ; a paring knife for trimming and peeling ; and a carving knife with a 25 cm blade and sharply pointed tip . |
| 5 | We 'll need to sweep the whole area . |
| 6 | But , in the Hallowe'en Novices ' Chase he might need to eat a whole mine , to beat Dusty Miller , another Festival scorer . |
| 7 | How many of those would you need to make a whole pizza ? |
| 8 | What is most needed is a clear explanation of the particular point on which evidence is sought ; the model form includes requests for summaries of the parties ' positions and suggests that relevant documentation ( court orders , pleadings ) might be attached ; but these should be restricted to matters illuminating the particular request for evidence and should not seek to rehearse the whole case . |
| 9 | If , for example , only a couple of fish are kept in a large tank , that are not established pairs , one will want to rule the whole tank and will pick on the other fish continually . |
| 10 | I do not want to cover the whole subject , this evening ; I shall focus on what I understand to be the thrust of the debate — tackling the causes of crime . |
| 11 | The company may therefore elect to treat the whole surplus of the scheme as a credit in the period in which it is received , that is , in the financial year ended 31 December 1993 . |
| 12 | Well I 'd just like to challenge the whole idea of this right of every woman to have a child ! |
| 13 | Think how Miss X [ an author whom , in jest , we feared as our editress ] would like to edit the whole correspondence if we predecease her . |
| 14 | Would you like to change the whole look but do n't think you have the money ? |
| 15 | There are a few like myself , who look as if they wished they were n't there , and would like to get the whole thing over as quickly as possible . |
| 16 | Likewise , if you find you will need specialist equipment , even though this is easy to hire , you may prefer to leave the whole job to a specialist firm . |
| 17 | ‘ Look — I do n't want to blight the whole thing before we start , but — suppose we fail ? |
| 18 | And one does n't expect thanks , of course , but when they use the handout — and then turn round and start blaspheming , you really do want to chuck the whole business up , and go and become a monk , or something . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ The people will not accept this , they will demand to know the whole story . |
| 20 | While no electronic publishing course can hope to cover the whole field , students should have some idea of the existence and relationships of all these standards . |
| 21 | I have touched on some of these developments in this chapter , but can not hope to describe the whole picture in detail . |
| 22 | Told her I might decide to scrap the whole thing . |
| 23 | Did he pause to note the whole lot , or did he have extraordinary recall , writing in his room late at night or next morning , or did he get the bones down on paper , and afterwards flesh out the rest with Johnson 's consultations ? |
| 24 | If your garden slope is fairly gentle , and you do n't want to build a whole flight of steps , you could always join short lengths of sloping path with just one or two steps at intervals , but the approach should always be as level as possible . |
| 25 | I will try to enjoy the whole weekend and with everyone 's help I have set myself a target to raise 1,000 for CLIC . |
| 26 | which is useful when they may have to wait a whole year for payment for their wheat harvest , or for the sale of fat cattle . |
| 27 | Paul , her husband , generally left before seven and had lunch out with one of his friends , while she used her free day to take care of a thousand chores more annoying than the duties of her job : she had to go to the post office and fret for half an hour in a queue , go shopping in the supermarket , where she quarrelled with the saleswoman and wasted time waiting at the check-out , telephone the plumber and plead with him to be precisely on time so that she would n't have to wait the whole day for him . |
| 28 | We would have to see a whole change of pattern and thinking for all clubs and all players in April . |
| 29 | ‘ I think a real friend is someone you do n't have to see the whole time . |
| 30 | As he is not a chap to do anything by halves , to get your hands on the eight per cent SGNs you 'll have to go the whole hog and invest in ‘ Work '69 : Terres a Vin ’ , a box containing six special half-bottles ( 1 Muenchberg Riesling ‘ VV ’ , 2 Muenchberg Pinot Gris and 3 Franholz Gewurztraminer ) with handmade labels and capsules pebbledashed with vineyard soil , a piece of rock from each of the three Grand Cru vineyards and a book of Andre 's poems . |