Which preposition to use with whole

of Occurrences 4369%

Having put the volume away safely, I turned-to and gave Tonnison a hand with his self-imposed task of excavating; yet, though we put in over an hour's hard work, turning over the whole of the upheaped stones and rubbish, we came upon nothing more than some fragments of broken wood, that might have been parts of a desk or table; and so we gave up searching, and went back along the rock, once more to the safety of the land.

in Occurrences 96%

Peel 5 potatoes and boil whole in salted water until tender.

with Occurrences 75%

The path went on a broken zigzag avoiding fallen trees and soft hollows, conducting itself on the whole with more patience than firmness.

to Occurrences 73%

I will endeavor to relate the whole to you from the beginning.

into Occurrences 67%

Take a gallon of the best brandy you can get, and gather your rasberries when they are full ripe, and put them whole into your brandy; to every gallon of brandy take three quarts of rasps, let them stand close covered for a month, then clear it from rasps, and put to it a pound of loaf sugar; when your sugar is dissolved and a little settled, boil it and keep it for use.

for Occurrences 32%

Kant defined the special peculiarity of the living body to be that the parts exist for the sake of the whole and the whole for the sake of the parts.

by Occurrences 28%

His great ideal embraced the making the Arabs into one nation; the recall of the whole people to a strict observance of religious duties; the inspiring them with true patriotism; the calling forth of all their capabilities for war, for commerce, for agriculture, and for mental improvement; and the crowning of the whole by the impress of European civilization.

as Occurrences 24%

In appearance I am whole as the marble, founded as a rock.

from Occurrences 24%

As most of the civil and practically all the naval and military expenditure had to be met by the Imperial Treasury, and as Canada was five parts and no whole from her own parliamentary point of view, the legislation required for a grand total of two hundred and fifty thousand people could not be of the national kind.

on Occurrences 19%

When done, drain the whole on a sieve, and lay the pieces in potting-jars, with the seasoning about them.

through Occurrences 18%

Rub the whole through a strainer, add the seasoning, give it one boil up, and serve.

at Occurrences 18%

So single parts unequally surprise, All comes united to th' admiring eyes; No monstrous height, or breadth, or length appear; The whole at once is bold, and regular.

over Occurrences 12%

Toss the whole over a sharp fire for 10 minutes, but do not let them brown, or you will spoil the flavour of the soup.

under Occurrences 10%

The figures, originally intended to form part of a colossal whole under the great roof of St. Peter's, appear too large for the place they now occupy.

before Occurrences 9%

Although the subject is too hallowed for profane contemplation, yet shalt thou have the whole before thee as it passed: and this not from a spirit wantoning in description upon so rich a subject; but with a design to put a bound to thy roving thoughts.

within Occurrences 7%

And pack, as by some wizard's art, The whole within the finite part.

than Occurrences 7%

As only the feeble, the aged, bided at home, their number after each battle became larger in proportion to the whole than before.

without Occurrences 5%

[Forming a whole without coherence.]

out Occurrences 3%

In the eighties the great concern of the government was to make a harmonious whole out of two very widely differing partsthe long-settled French Canadians and the newly arrived United Empire Loyalists.

against Occurrences 3%

It appears from the proceedings of that body that on the 31st May, 1787, the clause "authorizing an exertion of the force of the whole against a delinquent State" came up for consideration.

like Occurrences 3%

The following, from a letter to Mr. Kendall of March 19, 1866, explains itself: "If I understand the position of our Telegraph interests, they are now very much as you and I wished them to be in the outset, not cut up in O'Reilly fashion into irresponsible parts, but making one grand whole like the Post-Office system.

after Occurrences 3%

As he does not tell us whether the dish remained whole after its escapade, we must conclude that it was broken, and that the dreadful accident caused, immediately, a damp to descend upon his effervescent spirits.

ob Occurrences 2%

Kunnel Martin ober on Little Mount'n fur de whole ob nex' week.

during Occurrences 2%

The governor had to watch the writhing tangle as a whole during every minute he devoted to any one kinked and knotted thread.

above Occurrences 2%

Often, with the sun setting pink and whole above the Palisades, the very copper glow which was struck off the water would beat against her own west windows, and, as if smarting under the brilliance, tears would come, sometimes staggering and staggering down, long after the glow was cold.

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