whole lifetime

collocation in English

meaningsofwholeandlifetime

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whole
adjective
uk
/həʊl/us
/hoʊl/
complete or ...
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lifetime
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/us
/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/
the period of time during which someone lives or ...
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(Definition ofwholeandlifetimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A complete documentation of the residences during the patients'wholelifetimewas available for about 30 % of patients.
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The star ting point is a fixed number of people within this age group, who are followed during theirwholelifetime.
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Smith is doing when the latter says that awholelifetimecan produce only a few friends.
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Sometimes it takes thewholelifetimeof a politician.
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One week's production in the mine confers upon the community a labour value equal to awholelifetimeof one person.
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The other day a man lecturing on the eye gave awholelifetimeof experience in the space of one hour.
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That type of suffering is not a once-in-a-lifetime matter, but—for those who have suffered it—lasts for awholelifetime.
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A great work is being produced during thewholelifetimeof the author.
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We know of men who have given theirwholelifetimeto training the youth of our country.
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There are many workers who spend awholelifetime, working 40–50 hours a week and who never see £60,000.
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The industry is full of loyal people many of whom have given theirwholelifetimeto it.
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All artistic work is the product of awholelifetime.
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In hiswholelifetimean engineer will be lucky if he earns twice as much as someone without any skills at all.
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That is more than many people in my constituency could hope to earn in awholelifetimeof work.
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He has spent hiswholelifetimein industrial negotiations and has great experience in the industry.
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It represents the savings of 745 people—in many cases the savings of awholelifetime.
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They go on for thewholelifetime.
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Having spent six months outside hospital, he is transformed, but awholelifetimehas disappeared for one of our fellow citizens.
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I accept that it would be wrong to frustrate the deceased's wishes—perhaps the wishes of awholelifetime—in such circumstances.
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That does not place a term on the possible length of time, which is thewholelifetimeof the person enjoying pension.
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