whole notion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwholeandnotion
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whole
adjective
uk/həʊl/us/hoʊl/
complete or ...
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notion
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/
a belief ...
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(Definition ofwholeandnotionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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First and perhaps foremost, thewholenotionof sustainability is advanced to the degree a potential dumping ground is declared off-limits.
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Such studied moral neutrality in the use of medical knowledge is an attack on thewholenotionof moral integrity.
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But perhaps thewholenotionof objectivity in pronouncements on usage needs to be reexamined.
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Thewholenotionof a precautionary principle is entangled with political and legal issues, with political considerations sometimes stronger than legal considerations.
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Thiswholenotionof a predicative use is suspect.
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I am unhappy with thewholenotionof reading aloud as a pedagogic strategy.
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Thewholenotionof a grammar here is devoid of any relation to any linguistic theory.
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Thewholenotionof tonality started to collapse with new compositional methods such as serialism.
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The ones who succeed are the politic mercenaries who write for money and call in question thewholenotionof literary value.
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This in itself has proved to be a highly incendiary concept which has ignited and highlighted a number of basic issues surrounding thewholenotionof dance and technology.
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Paleocommunities represents a milestone in the development of thewholenotionof ecostratigraphy and the hope that the development of ancient marine communities can be charted through space and time.
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There is a further difficulty that in subsection (5) thewholenotionof a rent multiplied by a certain number of years is thrown out.
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I am also very concerned about thewholenotionof targets.
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But it has to be said that that illustration is a paradigm of thewholenotionof privilege.
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They do not want to back up thewholenotionof depoliticising the business of issuing tenders.
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First, does he not understand that, in abandoning an anti-competitive view of public need, he should not abandon thewholenotionof public interest?
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I want to remind those who are keen to question thewholenotionof climate protection that the planet will not wait.
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Thewholenotionof private medicine is abhorrent and distasteful in a civilised society.
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That is why we are completely opposed to thewholenotionof a core curriculum and the imposition of a central curriculum.
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Thewholenotionof citizenship in the past in regard to the relationship of husband and wife has reflected that.
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