Example sentences of "whole [noun sg] of [v-ing] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when a cat is upset it can produce a whole variety of miaowing calls that sound different enough from one another to be classified as distinct vocalizations . |
| 2 | But the whole issue of riding clothes is tied up in tradition and even away from the showground we let horse riding tradition rule our dress . |
| 3 | The whole question of approaching sites is covered in Chapter 10 . |
| 4 | A whole range of slimming benefits , both physiological and psychological , come into play right there in your mouth . |
| 5 | While the new paradigm in the schools sector is information skills ( incorporating library skills , communication skills , study skills , and a whole range of learning skills ) , the new concept has yet to be translated into higher education in any significant way . |
| 6 | This true/false logic holds for the whole range of autonomizing fields , in the sense that aesthetic , scientific , normative , and legal statements can be understood as more or less valid . |
| 7 | It yielded in turn to the peak or vernacular building , with a whole range of housing types carefully adapted to the varied needs and ambitions of their builders Probably for the first time , minor differentiations in social rank had a lasting impact on architectural development in Sussex . |
| 8 | The whole point of giving talks is to educate young people ; tell them what 's happening to our barn owl populations ; give them some simple biological background ; and talk about training . |
| 9 | It was not that Jarvis was asking much rent , in fact no estate agent would have believed what he was asking , but the whole point of letting bits of the school was to get enough for him to live on , indeed to get to Cairo and ride on the new 42.5 kilometre , 33-station ENR . |
| 10 | Indeed , that section is worded exceptionally widely and would empower the Secretary of State to undertake root-and-branch reforms of the whole process of transferring shares , whether or not these were listed on an exchange . |
| 11 | The animals failed to draw blood but , two weeks later , she was still so worried about getting her fingers bitten that she admitted to finding the whole business of pushing letters through a letter box as nerve-wracking , in its own way , as trying to hole a four footer . |
| 12 | Moreover , the whole business of disclosing interests is a nonsense , since a dishonest man will disclose every interest except the relevant one that he is prone to accept a large bribe . |
| 13 | He had a great appreciation of their visual appeal and he started the whole revolution of using photographs on their own merit and not merely to fill up space . ’ |
| 14 | Current educational thinking is moving away from the whole concept of labelling children by closely defined categories , and the emphasis is rather on the individual needs of children and on the shared aspects of their development and learning . |
| 15 | The whole concept of conserving resources for the future has developed since then and now people are considering the ethical aspect of our relationship with animals . |
| 16 | Buys and sells anything , from the odd tanker — load of cut-price petrol to the whole output of washing machines from some factory that 's going bust . |
| 17 | Although social workers were trained in dealing with stress , said Mr Gower , the whole subject of removing children from their parents was no less emotive for them than for other members of the community . |
| 18 | By the summer of 1940 , the Central Council for Jewish Refugees was again feeling the pinch , with the result that the government accepted , in principle , the responsibility for the whole cost of maintaining refugees at scales to be agreed and seventy-five per cent of the cost of administration . |
| 19 | Others were more sceptical about the whole idea of combining subjects : |
| 20 | In Repertory Grid the notion of similarity and contrast , indeed the whole idea of making connections , is paramount . |
| 21 | This does not mean that you should promptly forget the whole idea of noting items which come into this category ; but that , as this is such a very personal decision area , only you can really make the assessments . |
| 22 | The important aspect of Johnson 's statement is that he dismisses the whole phenomenon of labouring poets as misapplied patronage . |
| 23 | Critics of privatisation extend their concern about the government 's accounting procedures , seen as a ‘ cooking of the books ’ , to the whole principle of selling assets ( ie capital ) to finance current spending . |
| 24 | She felt that a whole phalanx of gibbering wraiths could rise from beneath the flagstones and Elizabeth would indifferently offer them sherry . |