whole tenor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwholeandtenor
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whole
adjective
uk/həʊl/us/hoʊl/
complete or ...
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tenor
noun
uk/ˈten.ər/us/ˈten.ɚ/
a male singer with a high voice, or (especially in combinations) a musical instrument that has the same range of notes as the tenor ...
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(Definition ofwholeandtenorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Wells was almost entirely wrong : ' thewholetenorand meaning of the world ' lies in the constant reemergence of remembered beauty.
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Cauchy did not address the issue of conceptualization as explicitly as he did generalization, but thewholetenorof his work acted against a conceptual view of mathematical truth.
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But thewholetenorof his speech, and the further regulation which he asked for, was in order to protect the milk producer.
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Thewholetenorof that paragraph implies some discrimination against employees in the public service.
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The case that was mentioned struck me as being horrendous, but it may not have been enough to change thewholetenorof the law.
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Thewholetenorof this statement is of an operational commander coming into another country and telling the world what he will do.
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Thewholetenorof his case was that present sickness benefits and unemployment benefits are completely inadequate for our times.
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Thewholetenoris that there should be a move from the textile industries into the armament industry.
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I thought thewholetenorof what both of them had to say was lukewarm.
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Thewholetenorof my speech was devoted to one thing it is not public relations that are going to matter.
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That was thewholetenorof the discussion.
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I am dealing with this subject now—it is thewholetenorof my approach.
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Thewholetenorof those criticisms has been directed to the aircraft and its performance as such.
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Thewholetenorof their speeches was a justification of monopoly.
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I submit that such estimates must be considered against thewholetenorof the times, which is against sending people to prison unnecessarily.
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The proposal to build an entirely new airport seems to run contrary to thewholetenorof public policy and contradicts various policy documents.
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If commercial broadcasting is left without any firm regulations governing it at all, we shall find that thewholetenorof our broadcasting will decline.
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Thewholetenorof his speech was revealing to an extreme degree.
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He invited consultation, and that was thewholetenorof the statement.
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I dislike very much differing from my noble friend, but thewholetenorof his speech makes me anxious about this clause.
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