harmonious whole

collocation in English

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harmonious
adjective
uk
/hɑːˈməʊ.ni.əs/us
/hɑːrˈmoʊ.ni.əs/
having a pleasant tune ...
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whole
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/həʊl/us
/hoʊl/
a ...
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(Definition ofharmoniousandwholefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A fourth quality concinnitas brings the individual parts into aharmoniouswhole.
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How does an organism composed of so many more elementary individuals manage to function as a stable andharmoniouswhole?
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A man's first duty was to the local community, to his family and village, aharmoniouswholeto which he contributed a single note.
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It has three naves inharmoniouswhole.
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The two artists' careers actually fused into oneharmoniouswhole.
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So one would have aharmoniouswholeif one had the two cities and the surrounding country area.
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Each has its own separate skill; the architect is the man who combines them all into aharmoniouswhole.
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Like a choir, the informants' voices blend into aharmoniouswholeas they recount their unique experiences as care-givers and as the vanguard of a new group of nursing-home consumers.
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Yet his sensual eclecticism becomes confused with his desire to manifest social status through aesthetic effect, continually thwarting any attempt to conceive aharmoniouswholeor successful aesthetic product.
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Altar, steps and tabernacle made of painted oak, form aharmoniouswhole.
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There is little repetition, and the miniatures form aharmoniouswhole.
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The panels are grouped together under canopy work forming oneharmoniouswhole.
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Curvilinear forms are set out so that positive and negative, filled areas and spaces form aharmoniouswhole.
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This imposing church constitutes aharmoniouswholethrough the proportions, arrangement, spaciousness and unity of style of all the elements.
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The composition can determine the focus of the art, and result in aharmoniouswholethat is aesthetically appealing and stimulating.
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The pilasters at the sides, and small raised panels carved only on the projecting part, would compose a veryharmoniouswhole.
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It is a mosaic that symbolizes faith, in addition to the unity of the school, as the contrasts of the mural are incorporated to create aharmoniouswhole.
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