whole paragraph
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwholeandparagraph
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whole
adjective
uk/həʊl/us/hoʊl/
complete or ...
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paragraph
noun[C]
uk/ˈpær.ə.ɡrɑːf/us/ˈper.ə.ɡræf/
a short part of a text, consisting of at least one sentence and beginning on a new line. It usually deals with a single event, description, ...
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(Definition ofwholeandparagraphfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofwhole paragraph
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It replaces thewholeparagraph.
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I quoted thewholeparagraph.
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It was awholeparagraph.
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I have read thewholeparagraph.
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I cannot read thewholeparagraphnow.
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I will not read thewholeparagraph.
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I understand it was that thewholeparagraphbe deleted.
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It makes thewholeparagrapheven more ridiculous.
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I am moving that thewholeparagraphbe left out.
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Thewholeparagraphis vital, but it would take too long to read it all.
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It then makes more sense to vote for thewholeparagraph.
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One can only make sense if one quotes thewholeparagraph.
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It may be that thewholeparagraphwill have to be looked at again.
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Why did she not read thewholeparagraphin which that sentence was embedded?
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The reporters must have read thewholeparagraphin the royal commission report.
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I am not quite sure why thewholeparagraphis being retained at all.
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It is important to read thewholeparagraphfrom the start.
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I will not read thewholeparagraph, mostly because it is full of blanks.
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I think it would be worthwhile to read thewholeparagraph.
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If that is the case, thewholeparagraphis completely unnecessary and meaningless.
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Surely they apply to the whole thing, as can be seen if thewholeparagraphis read?
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There is awholeparagraphdevoted to the projects which could be the subject of effective action.
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I will not read thewholeparagraph, but taking it from its context does not alter it.
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You are proposing an oral amendment which in reality applies to all the amendments and to thewholeparagraph.
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I do not know whether he wants me to go back and to give a full account of thewholeparagraph.
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