Examples of use of upon the whole
1. I was, upon the whole, satisfied with it, as the appointment Providence had marked out for me,‘‘ Newton wrote.
2. I was, upon the whole, satisfied with it, as the appointment Providence had marked out for me," Newton wrote.
3. The plenary meeting called upon the whole party and all the people of the country to make strenuous efforts and effect a new upswing in the socialist construction.
4. Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem called upon the whole society to give full support to mother and child health care programmes.
5. Their first step has been to argue that, since there is no pure Islamic state, the whole world must be Dar ul–Kufr (The Land of Unbelief). Step two: since Islam must declare war on unbelief, they have declared war upon the whole world.