Example sentences of "whole [noun] of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I mean it was the story to run that while sh the Queen was with her it was a it was not war erm I mean a , a , a whole part of story like |
| 2 | And finally , there 's no one with a more impressive grasp of the whole field of geophysics on Earth — or the Moon for that matter ( as his recent article ‘ The Moon 's deceptive tranquility ’ in New Scientist , vol 96 , p 174 , testifies ) . |
| 3 | Hallowell was in effect establishing the whole field of inquiry with which this book is concerned . |
| 4 | Erm and this seems to be the whole kind of class of which the government is coming to this this document . |
| 5 | In prison your whole level of tolerance to noise has to adjust . |
| 6 | And there was just a whole loads of fairies on this island . |
| 7 | ‘ Otherwise , we may condemn whole generations of children to stunted growth and to illnesses in later life known to be linked with poor nutrition , such as heart disease and some cancers , ’ she said . |
| 8 | It would seem to be inappropriate for the criminal law to remove a whole category of persons from its protection on the basis of words spoken at a ceremony of marriage which have no binding force . |
| 9 | The UK would thus eliminate a whole category of weapons in its nuclear arsenal . |
| 10 | That whole absenting of body as a site of struggle does meet its final nemesis within disability and the access issue . |
| 11 | Whilst most teachers would view with distaste the ascription of such ‘ global ’ traits to whole groups of children on the basis of class ( Nick , being working class , tends to be rather slaphappy ! ) , or race ( Anne 's an immigrant , immigrants try so much harder ) . |
| 12 | The boat glided underneath a bridge , its mellow brickwork radiating a whole spectrum of colour in the sunlight . |
| 13 | Thus many third and fourth generation computers provide a range of facilities ( such as several data-types ) in an attempt to cover the whole spectrum of applications in one design . |
| 14 | Erm er it 's basically that there is no stated requirement at present from any of the four nations , for this aircraft to operate on ships er back in the early days of the programme when the the French were involved er we looked at the possibility of designing an aircraft er to provide the whole spectrum of capabilities from air defence er ground attack and also maritime operations off ships and er we we certainly experienced some difficulties in reconciling all those things in one design , which was adequately capable in each of the areas . |
| 15 | The devastation and restructuring of European society gave credence to a whole variety of forebodings about the collapse of European civilization . |
| 16 | The re-emergence of feminism , which began as a flash of vision , and continued with an examination of the evils and gross distortions of patriarchy , and led to a whole variety of campaigns on behalf of women , now needs to concentrate on the differences between us as women which have divided us under patriarchy and which can not be allowed to divide us as feminists . |
| 17 | Erm y'know I mean because people have a whole variety of reactions to these things which you may want to investigate more specifically . |
| 18 | Sometimes people have um a whole variety of symptoms in later life and perhaps as a consequence of some sort of therapy , some sort of consciousness raising exercise , something like that erm they are not necessarily aware at the start that they 've been abused but sometimes they feel y'know a very compelling sense of memories flooding back . |
| 19 | They will be affected for the rest of their lives by the kind of diet which is condemned by nutritionists all over the world as likely to lead to a whole variety of illnesses in later life . |
| 20 | This is likely to be useful if your scanner is capable of handling more than one sheet at a time , since you can rad a whole batch of pages at a go . |
| 21 | There 's only one source that can give you the answer and it might be pointed our that their refusal to divulge this information might put the whole future of NATO at risk and that the individual ultimately responsible for the negative decision would be answerable directly to the president of the United States . |
| 22 | I 've got the whole piece of turf under plastic . |
| 23 | A whole piece of loin of pork or beef fillet can be seasoned in the same way and roasted in the oven . |
| 24 | To impute that Dr Runcie has been an unsuccessful archbishop by quoting falling numbers in that part of the Anglican Communion which is the Church of England is to ignore a whole complex of reasons for a reduction in church-going , including , no doubt , the encouragement of a highly competitive and success-orientated society . |
| 25 | Within the nuclear family , an Oedipal situation between one child and its parent may disrupt the whole complex of relationships within the family . |
| 26 | Fundamentally the whole complex of hostility towards homosexuality is a reflection of a biological imperative to procreate , in which the homosexual is seen as a threat to the species , ‘ unnatural ’ , and therefore worthy of condemnation . |
| 27 | The whole complex of events in the Persian wars from the fall of Sardis to the retreat of Xerxes was seen as a unity and formed what Robert Drews has called ‘ one Great Event of awesome proportions ’ . |
| 28 | In the end , loading the whole weight of explanation onto the " changing nature of capitalist interests " is tautological and actually explains very little . |
| 29 | Having freed ourselves of the shackles of the classical conception of the company and its assertion that it is only the interest of the shareholders as property owners that the law should seek to protect , it becomes evident that a whole web of relationships of interdependence exist around and within the company . |
| 30 | ‘ There are insufficient sportsmen who appreciate that they will lose their sports and the whole fabric of life in the country , ’ he said . |