Example sentences of "be [vb pp] the whole " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some people are occupied the whole year round with preparing for Christian Aid Week ’ ( Richard Baxter 's Inspire letter again ) . |
| 2 | This having been done the whole program is in x — IF/ALT , as required , after perhaps some renaming of bound variables . |
| 3 | Myeloski knew that Duncan had not been told the whole truth . |
| 4 | Few apart from servants and those running retailing shops would have expected to have been employed the whole year through . |
| 5 | … as soon as the rules are transgressed the whole play-world collapses . |
| 6 | Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else . |
| 7 | Of course the parallel between ontogeny and phylogeny can not be carried the whole way through — prehistoric human beings did not look like newborn babies — but there are various reasons why we might expect the early stages of embryonic development to have some relation to the early stages of our evolution . |
| 8 | His view is that consumers should be told the whole truth : ‘ If the public wants fish fingers made up of minced fish that 's OK , so long as they are told and can make up their own minds . |
| 9 | Are not we entitled to be told the whole truth , as revealed by Greenpeace , which is that the total lifetime cost of Trident will be more than £23 billion ? |
| 10 | The UK accredited representative did not doubt the technical ability of Italian electronics experts to read-out the pulses , but without access to the particular code being used the whole effort would be useless . |
| 11 | ‘ Gosh , that made me feel so much better — being told the whole world is in recession ! ’ |
| 12 | I was obsessed with the way they looked , but I knew I was n't being told the whole story about them . ’ |
| 13 | Do n't assume you 're being told the whole story this week just because you ca n't imagine how anyone could distort it . |
| 14 | ‘ But we were drunk the whole time on the aphrodisiac of youth . ’ |
| 15 | Did you break in here , too , or has the back door been unlocked the whole time ? ’ |
| 16 | What 's highlighted the whole issue of safe sex is , of course , the advent of acquired immunity deficiency syndrome ( AIDS ) . |
| 17 | ‘ She 's contaminated the whole house ! |
| 18 | When one frame is outdated the whole filmstrip must be remade . |
| 19 | First I do n't want to repeat what has been so eloquently said about the need for putting the elected local government representatives in a clear majority , but it certainly seems to me that unless is , this is done the whole concept of the triple partnership and all the fine words about local accountability are seriously at risk . |
| 20 | But , in fact , nuclear waste is produced the whole way through the ‘ nuclear fuel cycle ’ , even when the reactors are still operating at full power . |
| 21 | Rising spindle tap with cross-head as the tap is opened the whole spindle moves |
| 22 | But Cranog Jones says she 's invented the whole story to set him up . |
| 23 | Erm , if of course you 're heavily into recycling , er , what you can do is put the whole pad inside er , the envelope and use a . |
| 24 | The last of the old flats will be emptied and demolished in the autumn and it 's planned the whole Grove facelift will be finished by November . |
| 25 | Today the nursing home said it 's pleased the whole episode is over . |
| 26 | No he 's away on holiday for a week or two weeks so that 's blown the whole thing . |
| 27 | The egalitarian doctrine of the priesthood of all believers was intended to apply only to matters spiritual ; but it was Luther who pointed out , " When a priest is murdered the whole country is placed under interdict , " and asked , " Why not when a peasant is murdered ? " |
| 28 | Then he carefully moves a pawn one little square and leans back like he 's changed the whole pattern of the game . |
| 29 | Immediately under the throne is an enclosure , surrounded by silver rails , in which are assembled the whole body of Omrahs , the Rajahs and the Ambassadors , all standing with their eyes bent downwards , and their hands crossed . |
| 30 | When it was done the whole house had acquired a new pleasantness and comfort . |