The phrase "a whole constitutes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the relationship between a part and its entirety, often in philosophical or analytical contexts.
Example: "In this theory, a whole constitutes more than just the sum of its parts, emphasizing the importance of the relationships between components."
Alternatives: "an entirety represents" or "a whole comprises".
The period of Hellenistic influence, when taken as a whole, constitutes one of the most creative periods in the history of religions.
In more ordinary language, Hegel is arguing that existence as a whole constitutes a unity of all opposites, in which everything has its place and that the tension between these opposites gradually resolves itself into pre-existing whole.
He joins that special elect of cinematographers, living and dead, whose work, taken as a whole, constitutes a genre of its own: James Wong Howe, John Alton, Robby Müller, Emmanuel Lubezki.
Verdi's name was synonymous in his lifetime with both the ideology and realisation of Italian independence, and his output as a whole constitutes opera's most extended analysis of the conflict between the rights of the individual and the forces of church and state that seek to control them.
It concludes, "This book taken as a whole constitutes separatist propaganda by evoking a distinct Kurdish nation and a state of Kurdistan within the territory of the Republic of Turkey, by mentioning provinces and districts within the territory of the state of the Republic of Turkey, and by in a certain way drawing a map of Kurdistan".
The soil organic matter ingested is further included as faeces in the nest and the galleries which, as a whole, constitutes the termitosphere.
The "Great One" or "one body" idea is that in an analogous way, the entire cosmos is a whole constituted by its myriad parts, and the parts exist as various individuals and kinds only because our cognitive activity divides them off from the whole.
These concepts are partly overlapping but also complement each other, and as a whole constitute a broad approach for the evaluation of health services from the patient perspective.
It is estimated that people aged 60 and over in Kenya as a whole constituted 4.0% of the total population in 2005 and this proportion is expected to increase to 4.5% by 2015 and to 9.3% by 2050 (3).
The poet generalises fearlessly: "pleasant thoughts" invite "sad thoughts", and the whole constitutes a "sweet mood".
