whole raft

collocation in English

meaningsofwholeandraft

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whole
adjective
uk
/həʊl/us
/hoʊl/
complete or ...
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raft
noun
uk
/rɑːft/us
/ræft/
a flat floating structure for travelling across water, often made of pieces of wood tied roughly together and moved along with a paddle (= pole with a ...
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(Definition ofwholeandraftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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English does not interfere with them in any way, but has awholeraftof such roles of its own, notably in the sciences, education, business, travel, and transport.
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We want to introduce awholeraftof specific changes.
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We are dealing with questions of religion, racism, disability and age—awholeraftof provisions.
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Awholeraftof organisations would undoubtedly want to receive the proceedings, but we are denying people the opportunity to do so.
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There is awholeraftof measures that are helpful to business.
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One can envisage ultimately a shorter working week, earlier retirement and awholeraftof different solutions.
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If one is to have any at all, awholeraftof public appointments must be dealt with.
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Clearly international competitiveness derives from awholeraftof issues.
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There is awholeraftof our citizens, particularly women, who do not earn and who are not in a position to earn.
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Awholeraftof changes is being made at the same time.
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Furthermore, there is awholeraftof health and safety legislation.
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That statement leaves out of account awholeraftof costs which are also expensive.
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The scheme as finally approved may contain awholeraftof provisions that are not included in clause 5(2) or clause 5(3).
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Awholeraftof amendments to be discussed later will also deal with the question of functions.
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That is why we have left awholeraftof separate, free-standing legislation and regulations on safety, and that is how it should be.
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Awholeraftof controls on prices, dividends, income and exchange of capital have been swept away.
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She mentioned awholeraftof matters in her statement.
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Indeed, there is awholeraftof services out there which could come together under the general heading of "rehabilitation work".
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I am concerned about the rights of employers to employ people without being cluttered with awholeraftof unnecessary regulations.
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