Example sentences of "his [noun] [prep] the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It might be quite fun to hear his views on the whole phenomenon of fashion , ’ Alex said , thinking aloud . |
| 2 | War is in fact something about which Coleridge mentions quite a bit in the long poem Fears in Solitude , and from this we know his opinions on the whole affair are quite unfortunate : |
| 3 | ALTHOUGH traditionally the Speaker is a figure who presides impartially over the Commons , his election by the whole House is usually influenced by strong party political currents . |
| 4 | The warm breath rhythmically caressing her nape sent shivers of awareness down her spine , and , despite their clothes , Paige could feel the imprint of his body down the whole length of hers , as if they were both naked . |
| 5 | However , there were no suitable ponies , and indeed the only horses that took his eye in the whole sale were two Arabian stallions . |
| 6 | Hardly had Muawad been elected than they detected signs that the Syrians were less than eager to give him the support he needed to impose his authority on the whole country . |
| 7 | Hardly had Muawad been elected than they detected signs that the Syrians were less than eager to give him the support he needed to impose his authority on the whole country . |
| 8 | Theodore was determined to assert his authority throughout the whole Anglo-Saxon Church and it must have become immediately apparent that Oswiu 's influence over the new archbishop was minimal . |
| 9 | Oswiu 's appointment of Chad to York suggests that he was moving towards a re-affirmation of his authority in the whole northern Church , not least in Deira . |
| 10 | At the Republican Convention last month George Bush expressed his concern about the whole question of liability in the US , and particularly about the amount of money trial lawyers make from suits that lead to doctors refusing to practise certain areas of medicine , and even to parents refusing to umpire childrens ' baseball games in case a child is injured and they are sued . |
| 11 | Finally , in 1544 Stumpe consolidated his interest in the property by paying over £1,500 for a royal grant to himself and his heirs of the whole site of the abbey . |
| 12 | And , that being the case , she supposed she just had to hope that , having been insulted so thoroughly , Count Romano de Sciorto would renege on his promise to Mother , and strike her off his guest-list for the whole duration of her stay in Malta … |
| 13 | Howard would like to put his arms about the whole team , as they crowd round the journal , smelling of shirts , and squeeze them all , and fuse them into one perfect corporate human being . |
| 14 | He was reluctant to announce his status to the whole street ; already a desultory crowd of idlers was gathering across the road . |
| 15 | While I wondered about his motives , he stoked up his contempt for the whole Jewish race , which had not had the decency to get itself wiped out , as rumoured . |
| 16 | Now Rocky is in , things 'll be more fluid and Brian will be able to work his way into the whole picture . |
| 17 | By 1795 significant sections of the Bible had been translated into Bengali and by 1798 he had completed his translation of the whole Scripture . |
| 18 | Soundlessly , he swept his forearm down the whole length of the mantelpiece , scattering cards and ornaments alike . |
| 19 | The degree to which an individual possessed rights over the rice crop thus defined his position in the whole socio-economic system , and became the major indicator of wealth and status for most of the population . |
| 20 | ‘ And now here he is pouring out his soul for the whole world . ’ |
| 21 | Does a person who exhibits his display to the whole world display to another person ? |
| 22 | Other financial help was needed , and in 1905 it came in the form of a deal with the Burmah Oil Company — to whom D'Arcy ultimately surrendered his interest in the whole venture ( in return for 170,000 Burmah shares and the reimbursement of all his expenses ) . |
| 23 | Newbolt was quick to express his hostility to the whole notion of formal " institutions " . |