Sentence examples for whole the first from inspiring English sources

But these are blips in an engrossing whole, the first, let's hope, of many such offerings by Mr. Farrington.

"Gate of the Sun" is, as it turns out, worth reading twice — because it is so hard to see whole the first time, and because it is so insidiously rich.

On the whole, the first lady's answer bolstered her reason for coming to New York, but her literary reference could trouble some important constituents if they read Mr. White closely.

If the first duty of government is to protect the safety of the public as a whole, the first requirement of civilisation is preventing the inhuman treatment of the individual.

Also in December, Singapore experienced its seventh consecutive month of consumer-price deflation: prices fell by 0.3% in 1998 as a whole, the first annual fall in 12 years.

Taken as a whole, the first decade of the 21st century has been 0.4 degrees hotter than the current baseline for measuring global temperatures – the average for the years 1961-1990, wasch was 14C.

In the euro zone as a whole, the first-quarter figure was only 0.9 percent higher than it had been at the bottom.

The series was critically acclaimed as a whole; the fourth, Mother's Milk, was shortlisted for the Booker prize.

For Great Britain as a whole, the third most expensive benefit was housing benefit.

Employment fell in June and for the second quarter as a whole -- the first quarterly decline since 1958.

Employment in the sector fell in June and for the second quarter as a whole -- the first quarterly decline since 1958.