Example sentences of "whole [adj] [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , the whole odd train of events is most unlikely to have happened in real life . |
| 2 | It becomes clear The Orb are a whole different kettle of dolphins to their popular image as aloof , KLF-style pranksters . |
| 3 | Charles sat among Charity 's glossy acquaintances , the only uniform in the whole peculiar set of imbibers , perhaps not so peculiar as the last time he 'd dropped in when the Aleister Crowley entourage gave sinister overtones to the entire pub , the ‘ Black Magician ’ himself in his wide black hat sat surrounded by his followers in equally curious clothes . |
| 4 | A form of religion which can be rationalised to meet the needs of the foregoing , is not to be found anywhere in the whole vast accumulation of religions and sects that the world has yet produced . |
| 5 | If , as seems probable , most teachers will sort out their pupils into the high and the low fliers at a fairly early stage , and if there is a whole separate set of papers in some subjects for the high and the low , then the difference between the higher grades of GCSE and O levels will not turn out to be very great . |
| 6 | Getting to use a whole extra rank of weapons in the face of a charge can come in very handy . |
| 7 | Colman 's film credits are a roll-call of Hollywood movies at their prewar and most Anglophile best : Bulldog Drummond ( 1929 ) , Raffles ( 1930 ) , Cynara ( 1932 ) , Clive of India ( 1935 ) , A Tale of Two Cities ( 1935 ) , Under Two Flags ( 1936 ) , Lost Horizon ( 1937 ) , and The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1937 ) , all establishing Colman as one of the richest and most reliable of the Hollywood raj , the man on whom a whole later generation of expatriates , led by David Niven [ q.v. ] , modelled themselves and their officer-and-gentlemanly acting careers . |
| 8 | A whole complex system of muscles is brought into paly for each movement of the body : bending an arm involves the shortening of the biceps , while the tricep muscles at the back of the arm must relax and lengthen in unison . |
| 9 | A whole complex system of muscles is brought into play for each movement of the body : bending an arm involves the shortening of the biceps , while the tricep muscles at the back of the arm must relax and lengthen in unison . |
| 10 | She said there was this female , that the other thing , and there was a whole long list of things that pointed to this interpretation , and it was all part of a , as you say a great mass of data , that erm , is , is quite mind-bogglingly large , if you actually erm , see it in words . |
| 11 | You have to understand that the whole linguistic system of signs , signifiers — are you familiar with linguistics ? well , I do n't blame you — all these are different . |
| 12 | If this bit , then another , and then the whole preposterous bag of tricks ? |
| 13 | The whole critical queue of experts were aghast with horror , their watching silence turned to muttering protest , but the customer I was serving simply nodded his head kindly and proceeded to teach me , mainly by face and hand gestures , how micro-thinly I should be cutting up his precious salami sausage . |
| 14 | I quote it in full , in tribute to the whole glorious regiment of women shoppers , firm of purpose and knowing exactly what they want : |
| 15 | You 're opening up a whole new can of beans as to why he married this young kind of Lolita-ish girl . |
| 16 | Though never on the best-sellers list , Dü waxings remain at the front of many a guitarist 's record collection , and a whole new wave of bands could n't conceive of life without a copy of ‘ New Day Rising ’ . |
| 17 | There was no question but that the army , the Lebanese Forces militia , and a whole new wave of volunteers would have put up a desperate resistance . |
| 18 | In Britain Izzat faces a whole new range of threats . |
| 19 | It could open up a whole new range of products , especially portable equipment . |
| 20 | By providing fast links between car parks , residential , office and shopping centres , real-estate planners will have a whole new range of options open to them . ’ |
| 21 | More precisely , it is where Microsoft hopes a whole new range of Windows software comes in . |
| 22 | Its aim is to introduce people who are 50 or over to a whole new range of activities and opportunities so they can realise and put into practice their own particular talents . |
| 23 | The academic scientist who seeks and identifies a new chemical messenger is providing his industrial colleagues with the basis for a whole new range of drugs , and the industrial pharmacologist who screens a range of new chemical entities and finds one which alters the behaviour of the brain is offering a new tool for his academic brethren . |
| 24 | 1991 will bring a whole new range of challenges which we will meet with new vigour , refreshed by the Christmas break . |
| 25 | It seems that , once the eukaryotic cell had been invented , a whole new range of designs became possible . |
| 26 | This self-propelled weapon was not yet a serious threat ; it still had an effective range of less than a mile , but the tiny torpedo-boats which were beginning to make their appearance heralded a whole new range of warships for the future . |
| 27 | Using shades of watercolour paper will offer you a whole new range of opportunities . |
| 28 | She was fully stretched preparing her classes , on a whole new range of subjects , marking her essays , researching Domestic Angels and Unfortunate Females , and making herself generally indispensable to the Department . |
| 29 | In the last two decades a whole new system of checks and balances — the prostaglandin system — has been discovered . |
| 30 | Despite the increase of unbelief , beginning well before the Origin of Species and showing itself in a whole new genre of novels of religious doubt starting with J. A. Froude 's Nemesis of Faith ( 1849 ) , the late Victorian period saw the enormous expansion of the missionary enterprise and of church building . |