whole career

collocation in English

meaningsofwholeandcareer

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whole
adjective
uk
/həʊl/us
/hoʊl/
complete or ...
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career
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈrɪər/us
/kəˈrɪr/
the job or series of jobs that you do during your working life, especially if you continue to get better jobs and earn ...
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(Definition ofwholeandcareerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some academics go through awholecareerwithout ever finding a passage so ripe for deconstruction.
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Thewholecareerstructure of all doctors needs examination.
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In some cases the higher punishment is too harsh, possibly affecting thewholecareerof the officer concerned, and the lower punishment altogether too lenient.
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I should think very likely that they would be allowed to do so, because it would be awholecareer.
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Hiswholecareerwas a story of grit and ability and of service to his fellow-workmen.
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Some courts are not able to look at thewholecareerof a particular criminal before passing sentence.
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Therefore, in the long run, thewholecareerof a pupil can depend upon the accuracy or otherwise of what is included in the file.
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But look at it in another way, and take the remuneration over thewholecareer.
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It is likely to affect hiswholecareer.
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This is important, but it will follow only as a result of getting thewholecareerstructure correct.
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Very often a man'swholecareercan be blighted by misinformation given in a record.
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I also speak for business, having spent mywholecareerin business.
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If he has hiswholecareercompletely without interruption, he reaches a time when die need to pay for this assurance ceases.
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I think justice to individuals who may be in danger of having theirwholecareerruined is a significant benefit.
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In other words, awholecareercould have been put at risk.
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They will not want to make theirwholecareeroverseas.
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I have never in mywholecareercome across one of these agreements.
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Theirwholecareeris affected by the question of promotion and selection.
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