Example sentences of "that [adv] [art] whole [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he failed to win planning permission because Derwentside Council 's development control sub-committee rejected most of the individual elements , which meant that effectively the whole scheme was refused . |
| 2 | To the baby 's weeping , and to the sound that perhaps the whole planet makes when it tries to soothe : ‘ Schh … |
| 3 | I replied that as far as I was concerned his terms and conditions of employment were best used as a rectal implant preferably without benefit of anaesthetic , which roused him to suggest that perhaps the whole matter would best be served by being turned over to the florid authority of Her Majesty 's Judiciary , via PC Plod , or at the very least to some banal tribunal vested with the right to dilly-dally over contretemps between master and servant . |
| 4 | The same is true of the altogether exceptional recording , which held my concentration so effortlessly that I could hardly believe that nearly a whole hour had passed when I emerged elated at the other end . |
| 5 | Yet it never seems to have occurred to politicians that maybe the whole system is wrong and needs a radical overhaul . |
| 6 | The latest United Nations report on the state of the environment in Africa says that virtually the whole continent is now being deforested at a rapid and accelerating pace . |
| 7 | Official statistics in modern Nigeria show a large majority of the population engaged in agriculture ; observation , I understand , shows that virtually the whole population is engaged in trade . |
| 8 | They were valued on the basis of the quoted share price , but the shareholders argued that , since all the shares were being acquired , stock exchange prices were not a true criterion and that either the whole undertaking should be valued and the price thus determined apportioned among the shareholders , or the value should be the price which one buyer would give for the whole block , which price should then be similarly apportioned . |